The sea rose mountains high, and its angry billows Page 17 [17] hissed and foamed; the earth shook to its foundations, the heavens sent forth rolling thunder, and flash after flash of death-bringing lightning, whilst a blinding mist enveloped Cronus and his allies.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

They also found that when digitalis is given by the mouth, the electrocardiograph showed that its full activity was not reached until from thirty-six to forty-eight hours after it had been taken.
— from Disturbances of the Heart Discussion of the Treatment of the Heart in Its Various Disorders, With a Chapter on Blood Pressure by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

This event saved the Ionians from punishment; for when Xerxes saw that they had performed a great exploit, he turned to the Phenicians (for he was exceedingly vexed and disposed to find fault with all) and bade cut off their heads, in order that they might not, after having been cowards themselves, accuse others who were better men than they.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus

The populace prostrated themselves as the procession passed, but none of them ever saw the imperial form.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White

So, day after day, the boys, their interest and enthusiasm at high pitch owing to the success of their experiments, shifted their instruments from house to house, gradually drawing their radio net about the mysterious sender until they were positive that he was located in a certain block, a district 059.png of small, old-fashioned buildings, warehouses and garages.
— from The Radio Detectives by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

Jack had suggested the danger of these excursions, but she had told him that a woman was less liable to insult in the East Side than in Fifth Avenue, especially at twilight, not because the East Side was a nice quarter of the city, but because it was accustomed to see women who minded their own business go about unattended, and the prowlers had not the habit of going there.
— from The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner

These effluvia stamped their impression, first upon the intervening air, next upon the eye beyond: which, being covered by a fine membrane, and consisting partly of water, partly of vacuum, was well calculated to admit the image.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote

Teirnyon immediately smote at the arm with his sword, and severed it at the elbow, so that it fell inside with the colt, and a great wailing and tumult was heard outside.
— from Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

So that when the Elders' Seat took its first journey, it seemed very difficult for us to understand,—even for those who were too old to dabble in gray clay.
— from The Delectable Mountains by Arthur Colton

He set forth the noble motives which must have moved Rupert and Henrietta to their heroic conduct in the emergency, so that I felt more proud of them than ever.
— from A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing