A bad walk, with the knees always slightly bent, is partly accountable for this; and a man accustomed to such a walk, and trying suddenly to walk erect, with his knees firmly knit, and bowed slightly back, soon tires and aches at the operation, which, to one in the habit of walking erect, long ago became natural.
— from How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by William Blaikie

“They tell me,” said the duchess, “that Henry of Windsor employed learned men to transmute the baser metals into gold.
— from The Last of the Barons — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The heroine, of whose early life the title gives us a hint, is a creature all grace and tenderness, a true offspring of the sunny south.
— from Brooke's Daughter: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

There is no better country in the world in which to “look” for coal than Iceland for one may transmit this pastime to his children with no fear that his offspring will ever lack an occupation.
— from Iceland: Horseback tours in saga land by W. S. C. (Waterman Spaulding Chapman) Russell

The mechanician studied the proceedings in the way of cuckoldom at his neighbour’s house, in order to revenge himself, for as many houses as there are so many varieties of manner are there in this business; and although all amours resemble each other in the same manner that all men resemble each other, it is proved to the abstractors of true things, that for the happiness of women, each love has its especial physiognomy, and if there is nothing that resembles a man so much as a man, there is also nothing differs from a man so much as a man.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

"They tell me," said the duchess, "that Henry of Windsor employed learned men to transmute the baser metals into gold.
— from The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Then at last, when the night fell, and the flock was gathered into the fold, the shepherd stood by the door with a cup of oil in his hand ready to pour on the heads of weary, exhausted lambs, thus to refresh and revive them.
— from The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American Literature by Delphian Society

Charles James Fox, the history of whose early life has been written by Mr. G. O. Trevelyan, is to be credited with the following clever logograph:— "What is pretty and useful, in various ways; Though it tempts some poor mortals to shorten their days; Take one letter from it, and then will appear What youngsters admire every day in the year; Take two letters from it, and then, without doubt, You are what that is, if you don't find it out."
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

The young marchesa who believed in romance, though her own was ended, looked at her anxiously.
— from Donna Teresa by Frances Mary Peard

Sybil’s body hung fastened to her own with entwining limbs ...
— from Honeycomb: Pilgrimage, Volume 3 by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson