Then there are spiral springs innumerable, many of them so minute that they can only be seen by the aid of the microscope, and there are many springs which exhibit their elasticity by their power of extension and shortening, just as is done with the elastic fabrics which are so much in vogue at the present day, and which seem so necessary to ordinary comfort that we feel disposed to wonder how our forefathers managed without them.
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

[ Dr. Tomás and servant stand in middle of stage observing Don Lorenzo, who is kneeling and sobbing. ]
— from The great Galeoto; Folly or saintliness two plays done from the verse of José Echegaray into English prose by Hannah Lynch by José Echegaray

Babyloniens und Assyriens , i. p. 164 sq. ; H. P. Smith, 'Theophorous Proper Names in the Old Testament,' in O. T. and Semitic Studies in memory of William Rainey Harper , i.
— from The Religion of Ancient Palestine in the Second Millenium B.C. by Stanley Arthur Cook

Four gallons I found, and a little over, when I came to measure them; and sixteen shillings I made of them, besides a good many which Bunny ate raw.
— from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

They already think that it is the truth; even the most destructive doctrines are received as truth, and some scripture is misapplied or perverted to uphold them.
— from Around Old Bethany: A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis by R. L. (Robert Lee) Berry

As we find that there are similar structures in most of the higher animals, and that they also choose their food with some care, we may confidently assume that they have sensations of taste like man.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel