I passed off the letter as his wife's, to the Vernons, and when I write to him it must be under cover to you.
— from Lady Susan by Jane Austen

In this occupation she hoped, moreover, to bury some of the recollections of Mansfield, which were too apt to seize her mind if her fingers only were busy; and, especially at this time, hoped it might be useful in diverting her thoughts from pursuing Edmund to London, whither, on the authority of her aunt's last letter, she knew he was gone.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The delicate leaves by which the ear is enveloped is, as has been mentioned, called the husk; it may be used for the stuffing of beds: Mr. Cobbett has converted some of it even into paper.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 by Various

Against this, however, it may be urged, that ac , as a terminal syllable, hardly ever occurs in the Basque provinces, and the names to which it is attached in France hardly seem to belong to that language.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

“Joe,” said the count to the host, “is Mr. Bodkin up at the house this morning?” “He’s just passed this way, sir, with Mr. Malowney of Tillnamuck, in the gig, on their way from Mr. Blake’s.
— from Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever

Where I have used the word absorption in speaking of the formation of the cavity of the heart, I must be understood as implying that certain of the interior cells become converted into the endothelium, while others either form the plasma or become blood-corpuscles.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

The handle is made by using what is known as a hollow auger.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals by Charles Conrad Sleffel

Therefore he consented; but told him it must be upon these conditions: that, considering the girl was young and tender, he must agree to let his teeth be plucked out, and his claws cut off, lest he should hurt her, or at least frighten her, with the apprehension of them.
— from Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by Aesop

She thought again, and again looked up, answering with the sincerity that he had taught her— "It might be unwise, but if the sacrifice was not one of principle or something that I ought to love more than life, I think I should keep the promise as religiously as an Indian keeps a vow of vengeance."
— from Moods by Louisa May Alcott

And in that hand, it must be understood, he held the false key which opened Rosa’s door as easily as did the real one.
— from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas

Let the consideration that the pen is so invaluable a minister to friendship tempt you to honor it more by use.
— from Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm and Concord by George William Curtis