"The Chancellor," says the Oxford Guide, "is elected by convocation, and his office is for life; but he never, according to usage, is allowed to set foot in this University, excepting on the occasion of his installation, or when he is called upon to accompany any royal visitors.
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

The writing-master was also a gentleman, for Dr Graham felt the importance of having a good example set, even in minute points, to those whom he wished to see turn out gentlemen in every respect.
— from Digby Heathcote: The Early Days of a Country Gentleman's Son and Heir by William Henry Giles Kingston

But in the moment before he did so, and when there seemed a possibility of his passing without what I suspect was a customary dole, such a sharp expression came into the scarcely visible pupils of the blind man's half-shut eyes that (never suspecting that his blindness was feigned, but for the moment convinced that he had seen the old gentleman) I exclaimed, without thinking of the absurdity of my inquiry— "Was it at the Blind School you learnt to see so well with your blind eyes?"
— from A Flat Iron for a Farthing; or, Some Passages in the Life of an only Son by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Mebbe there's some talk of gold in 'em."
— from Rose à Charlitte by Marshall Saunders

The direction of the current thus produced is opposite in one branch to that of the current in the other branch, or, considering the two branches as forming a closed circuit, the generators E F are connected up in series therein, one generator in each part or half of the circuit.
— from The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

The cheerfulness of the fireside is not sacrificed; there is still the open grate in every room, but at the back of the firestove there is an air-box or case which, distinct from the chimney, communicates by an opening with the outer air, and by another opening with the room.
— from Hygeia, a City of Health by Benjamin Ward Richardson

War became at length inevitable, and the result has shown that our Government is equal to that, the greatest of trials, under the most unfavorable circumstances.
— from U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses by United States. Presidents