Now and then, in the haste of business, it had been my habit to assist in comparing some brief document myself, calling Turkey or Nippers for this purpose.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

Bathsheba would have submitted to an indignant chastisement for her levity had Gabriel protested that he was loving her at the same time; the impetuosity of passion unrequited is bearable, even if it stings and anathematizes—there is a triumph in the humiliation, and
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The sequence /ty/ is transcribed ty (as in Cebuano publications): tyanggi /tyánggi/ ‘market’.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

What are the circumstances and what are the processes by which cultural traits are independently created?
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
— from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Among all the arrangements in cases of this kind of which I have read, none are better than those for the assault of Warsaw and the intrenched camp of Mayence.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

I envy thee, Although I cannot yet thy glory see: And thou (great spirit) which hers follow'd hast 20 So fast, as none can follow thine so fast; So far, as none can follow thine so farre, (And
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

It was one of those annoying, irritating cries, that proceed more from a fretful state of mind than from any adequate external exciting cause.
— from Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

The blood rushed into my temples as I conceived the idea.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

In fact, at the beginning of the arrangements in connection with the transport, everything seemed to have gone wrong.
— from George Alfred Henty: The Story of an Active Life by George Manville Fenn

rays from the moon on his crest, that seemed to dart hither and thither as if conquered by the splendour of Gaurí’s face.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

Johan will hold his tongue; and I can act just as I please in the matter.
— from Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen

Put into a saucepan with sufficient milk and water in equal parts to cover, add a bouquet of herbs and allow the whole to simmer till the asparagus is cooked.
— from Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore

It is evident that the term applies itself conveniently to a number of tendencies that hitherto have lacked a collective name, and that it has 'come to stay.
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James

we now set out on the track of the horse hoping by that means to be lead to an indian camp, the trail of inhabitants of which should they abscond we should probably be enabled to pursue to the body of the nation to which they would most probably fly for safety.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Inasmuch as the amount is charged against you in the supplemental costs, it seems foolish not to take advantage of what you are obliged to pay for in any event.
— from The Prince of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon