cried Captain Langford, seizing Jervase Helwyse so roughly by the shoulder that the sacramental cup was overturned and its contents sprinkled upon Lady Eleanore's mantle.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The warrior whose gun I had struck up looked enquiringly at Tars Tarkas, but the latter signed that I be left to my own devices, and so we returned to the plaza with my great beast following close at heel, and Sola grasping me tightly by the arm.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

It is true she liked him most when he wasn't there, but then she usually liked everybody most when they weren't there.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

I noticed that there is an ambiguity in the common terms ‘honourable’ and ‘dishonourable’; which are no doubt sometimes used, like ethical terms, as implying an absolute standard.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

She receives us at our birth, nourishes us when born, and ever afterwards supports us; lastly, embracing us in her bosom when we are rejected by the rest of nature, she then covers us with especial tenderness; rendered sacred to us, inasmuch as she renders us sacred, bearing our monuments 92 and titles, continuing our names, and extending our memory, in opposition to the shortness of life.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Peter Rabbit abruptly sat up, and his ears stood up like exclamation points.
— from The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

As soon as he had blown out a mouthful of water he exclaimed: "I found Dan, but I couldn't stay under long enough.
— from The High School Boys' Canoe Club by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

[17] "Samuel Richardson writes: 'Jenny, who attends me here, has more than once hinted to me that Miss Jervis loves to sit up late, either reading or being read to by Anne, who, though she reads well, is not fond of the task.
— from The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Alfred Ayres

For if the side ei , be greater than the side uy , let es , be cut off equall to it, and draw the right line as .
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

Fust one chap threw out a 'int and then another, gradually getting a little stronger and stronger, until Bill turned round in a uncomfortable way and requested of us to leave off talking with our mouths full and speak up like Englishmen wot we meant.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 97, January to June 1899 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

"A black nose was poked out of the water, and a turtle, in a shrill little voice, piped,— "'Did you ever see us lay eggs?
— from The Cricket's Friends: Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan by Virginia W. (Virginia Wales) Johnson

Fust one chap threw out a ‘int and then another, gradually getting a little stronger and stronger, until Bill turned round in a uncomfortable way and requested of us to leave off talking with our mouths full and speak up like Englishmen wot we meant.
— from Light Freights by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

"When setting up large engines, for farm or other purposes, especial care must be taken to avoid straining the bed castings.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out by Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas) Hodgson