She moved off into her boudoir, where she usually breakfasted early.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

They soon learned that such offerings had the effect to check their cruel and bloody mode of governing the people; so that when their houses were shaken down, or swallowed up by earthquakes, the trees riven by lightning, and prostrated by storms, and their cattle swept away by floods, supposing it to be the work of an angry God, the thought arose in their minds at once, that perhaps his wrath could be abated by the same expedient as that which had served in the case of their mundane lords—that of making presents of property.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The attack and its result was so unexpected by Ellen that when she felt the knife-like thrust of agony she gave a shriek of pain, and made an immediate effort to throw me off.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

Yes, Jenny was one of the poorest children of that impoverished but glorious country where wit and talent seem indigenous, springing up spontaneously in the rudest and most uncultivated minds; showing what the land could bring forth in its own strength, unaided by education, and unfettered by the conventional rules of society.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

petenda est / Externis virtus incomitata bonis —In your judgment virtue needs no reward, and is to be sought for her own sake, unaccompanied by external benefits.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Or who will pretend that the liberties of the people of America will not be more secure under biennial elections, unalterably fixed by such a Constitution, than those of any other nation would be, where elections were annual, or even more frequent, but subject to alterations by the ordinary power of the government?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

SYN: Establish, institute, fix, set, build, set up, base, endow, rest, ground, plant, root.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

He certainly did not want to be left behind when all this turmoil was going on; nor was he desirous of rushing out without some sort of means of defending himself, in case he was set upon by enemies.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Trail; or, Scouting through the Big Game Country by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

Nat, too, had been busy forming his own staff and setting up basic equipment.
— from Human Error by Raymond F. Jones

354 Scoops, ice, of the Eskimo 308-309 Scores, hunting, of the Eskimo 361-364 Scoresby, Capt. William, work consulted 25 cited on Eskimo arrows 207 cited on Eskimo burials 426 Scrapers for dressing skins 294-300 Scratchers for decoying seal 253-254 Seal darts of the Eskimo 214-218 calls for decoying 253-254 rattles for decoying 254 indicators used in catching 254-255 stool used in catching 255 drags for hauling 256-259 methods of hunting 268-272 Eskimo superstition concerning skulls of 434 Sewing, Eskimo implements for 317-323 Shamans, Eskimo 422 , 423 , 431 Shoes of Eskimo 129-135 Shovels, snow, of the Eskimo 305 Sidaru, Eskimo village of, Alaska 44 Simpson, John, work consulted 25 visit to Point Barrow 52 , 53 descriptions of Eskimo houses by 78 descriptions of Eskimo villages 79 cited on ownership of Eskimo dwellings 79 description of Eskimo tents 84 description of Eskimo of Point Barrow 33 , 36 , 38 , 39 “burglar-alarm” of Eskimo described by 41 cited on Eskimo commerce 48 cited on Eskimo language 53 cited on use of tobacco among Eskimo 65 description of Eskimo tents 84 description of Eskimo clothing 110 , 125 , 128 , 130 , 138 cited on Eskimo earrings 142 cited on Eskimo labrets 143 , 146 cited on Eskimo knives 157 , 161 cited on Eskimo arrows 201 cited on Eskimo seal nets 252 cited on Eskimo whale fishery 274 cited on fire-making by Eskimo 289 cited on Eskimo needle cases 322 cited on Eskimo kaiaks 328 cited on Eskimo snowshoes 351 , 352 cited on Eskimo festivals 376 description of Eskimo marriage customs 410 , 413 cited on Eskimo divorce 412 , 413 description of condition of Eskimo women 414 cited on infanticide among Eskimo 417 cited on Eskimo children 419 quoted on conduct of Eskimo women 420 cited on Eskimo "chiefs" 429 cited on Eskimo demonology 431 , 433 Simpson, Thomas, work consulted 25 visit of, to Point Barrow 52 cited on use of tobacco by Eskimo 70 cited on Eskimo fishing 285 description of fire-making by Eskimo 289 cited on Eskimo umiak oars 339 quoted on Eskimo salutation 422 Sinker for Eskimo fish line 282 Skin ornamentation by Eskimo, tattooing 138-140 Skin painting 140 Skin-working, Eskimo implements for 294-301 Skulls of seals and walrus, Eskimo superstitions concerning 434 Sledges of the Eskimo 353-357 Slungshot used as Eskimo weapon 191 Smith, E. E., cited on Eskimo whale fishery 275 Smoking, methods and habits of, among Point Barrow Eskimo 69-72 Snowfall at Point Barrow, Alaska 31 Snow house of Eskimo , description of 81-83 fireplace of 81 plan of 82 windows of 82 used as storehouses 83 used as workshops 83 tools used in making 83 Snowshoes of the Eskimo 344-352 Social surroundings of the Point Barrow Eskimo 43-55 Song of the Eskimo 389 Spears of the Eskimo, for fishing 286-287 Spoons of Eskimo 104 Sports of Eskimo children 383-385 Staff, use of by the Eskimo 353 Stockings of Eskimo 129 Stool used by Eskimo in catching seal 255 Subsistence, means of, of the Point Barrow Eskimo 61-65 Surgery, Eskimo 423 Sutherland, P. C., work consulted 25 cited on Eskimo pathology 40 T. Tabu among the Eskimo, concerning a woman in childbirth 415 on the occasion of a death 423-424 of certain foods to certain persons 433-434 Taρéoρment, habitat of 46-47 Tăsyûkpûñ, Great Lake, Alaska, description of 29-30 Tattooing by Eskimo 138-140 Tempering metals, Eskimo knowledge of 182-183 Tents of the Eskimo , direction of front 79 used as summer dwellings 83 construction of 84 used for women during confinement 86 used for sewing rooms 86 Thimble-boxes of the Eskimo 322-323 Thimbles of the Eskimo 318-319 Thongs, manufacture of by the Eskimo 301-302 Thread, Eskimo 317-318 Throwing-boards for Eskimo seal-darts 217-218 Tobacco, use of, by the Point Barrow Eskimo 65-73 Eskimo terms for 71 introduction of among the Eskimo 71-72 Toilet articles of the Eskimo 149-150 Tool-bags of the Eskimo 187-190 Tool-boxes of the Eskimo 185-187 Tools of the Eskimo , knives 150-165 adzes 165-172 chisels 172-173 whalebone shaves 173-174 saws 174-175 drills 175-182 , 189 bow drills 176-182 reamers 181-182 awls 181-182 hammers 182 files 182 whetstones 185 for excavating 302-304 picks and pickaxes 302-304 , 307-308 mattocks 302-304 for building 302-304 for snow and ice working 304-309
— from Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442 by John Murdoch

His black eyes, deeply set under bushy eyebrows, had all the appearance of eyes that could sparkle; besides, his whole countenance possessed the configuration of one who had been born for a life of activity.
— from Wood Rangers: The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid

By these mysterious ties, [Endnote JJ] the busy power Of Memory her ideal train preserves Entire; or when they would elude her watch, 350 Reclaims their fleeting footsteps from the waste Of dark oblivion; thus collecting all The various forms of being to present, Before the curious aim of mimic art, Their largest choice; like Spring's unfolded blooms Exhaling sweetness, that the skilful bee May taste at will, from their selected spoils To work her dulcet food.
— from The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside by Mark Akenside

Their saddles are very clumsy and heavy, and are seldom used by Europeans, who, as Mr. Hardy had done, generally bring English saddles from home.
— from On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"I have faith in those great evolutionary forces which are leading the human race to some unknown but elevated goal.
— from Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life by Arthur Conan Doyle

Secondly, that the particular ideas so united be exactly the same, neither more nor less.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke