I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

As to the other persons who have made any considerable figure in this history, as some may desire to know a little more concerning them, we will proceed, in as few words as possible, to satisfy their curiosity.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

[Thus, in the “books” example, we might say “Let m mean ‘bound’, so that m′ will mean ‘unbound’”, and we might suppose that we had subdivided the Class “old English books” into the two Classes, “old English bound books” and “old English unbound books”, and had assigned the N.W. Inner Cell to the one, and the N.W. Outer Cell to the other.]
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

Such things can reach only the most elect; it is [Pg 5] a rare privilege to be a listener here; not every? one who likes can have ears to hear Zarathustra.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It always involves a degree of hypocrisy, which is exceedingly offensive in the sight of God, which is generally detected even by men, and which, when detected, exposes its subject to contempt which could never have been excited by the mere absence of any quality or possession, as it is by the false assumption of what is not real.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

His lips twitched, and he seemed to compress his frame, as if to bear better.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The very Firemen, who pump and labour on that smoking Carrousel, are shot at; why should the Carrousel not burn?
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

His Ania is no doubt the present Anam, but the Dutch cartographers thought that this land was in Northeast Asia, and called the strait that was said to separate the continents the Strait of Anian.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

And, considering the thoughtless manner in which they lavished their strength, when investigating a favourite science, they have wasted the lamp of life, forgetful of the midnight hour; or, when, lost in poetic dreams, fancy has peopled the scene, and the soul has been disturbed, till it shook the constitution, by the passions that meditation had raised; whose objects, the baseless fabric of a vision, faded before the exhausted eye, they must have had iron frames.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

Great care should be exercised in the diet of children who are subject to croup, as by intelligent supervision the tendency to this very annoying trouble may be in a short time entirely overcome.
— from Health on the Farm: A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy) Harris

And she came to herself and went on to the platform and told the white folk straight—what she felt—how nine-tenths of her people could not spell the word Democracy and had indeed only just heard of it, and yet they sent their children to wounds and death, and they themselves subscribed their last dimes for patriotic causes.
— from The Soul of John Brown by Stephen Graham

"Oh, I don't like those things!" said Trot, coming closer to her companions.
— from The Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Dash cold water on the face to produce a shock, taking care not to soak the clothes of the patient; we may produce a more decided effect if we alternate cold and hot effusions.
— from Mother, Nurse and Infant A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies. by S. P. Sackett

"I am—I am—I am—all of us!" shouted the crowd.
— from The World for Sale, Volume 2. by Gilbert Parker

367 Joceline's Legacy 367 Minor Queries:—Early Muster Rolls—Convocation for the Province of York—The Scent of the Bloodhound—Cooper's Miniature of Cromwell—Lines on Cagliostro—The Names and Numbers of British Regiments—Praed's Charade—Cozens the Painter—Parliamentary Debates 367 M INOR Q UERIES A NSWERED :—Merry Wakefield—The two Kings of Brentford—Meaning of V. D. M. 369 R EPLIES :— Anachronisms of Painters 369 "Agla," Meaning of, by E. S. Taylor, &c. 370 Colonies of England 370 Replies to Minor Queries:—Broad Arrow—Sacro-Sancta Regum Majestas—Grimsditch—"'Tis Twopence now," &c.—Pauper's Badge 371
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Look! Look!" Framed by the dull brass was the face of a whiskered Russian whose small eyes surveyed the cabin greedily.
— from The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

At this moment, Henry, who had been sent to call them in to breakfast, came up.
— from First Love: A Novel. Vol. 1 of 3 by Mrs. (Margracia) Loudon

The life force of one man, divided between two—it was not sufficient to cope with unexpected shocks to either, now.
— from The Great Gray Plague by Raymond F. Jones

Technically the tissue-cells are said to contain the diploid number of chromosomes, the gametes the reduced or haploid number.
— from Being Well-Born: An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. (Michael Frederic) Guyer