It was quite unintelligible to his mind, except that it looked like a piece of trickery, akin to the trickery of mesmerism, clairvoyance, and the like.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

In truth, I was a Martian chieftain, and this I learned later was the cause of my great freedom and my toleration in the audience chamber.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

As there is little likelihood that the supposition of such a bias will have any terrors for those who would be immediately injured by it, a labored answer to this question will be dispensed with.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Note 38 ( return ) [ The constitutional style of Legibus Solutus is misinterpreted by the art or ignorance of Dion Cassius, (tom. i. l. liii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

A neighbour asked Gottfried whether he liked the procession, and his reply was that "it looks like leading a criminal to the place of execution."
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Bright as the dazzling jasmine shine Thy small square teeth in level line.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

(f) Battery and Ignition (1) Jam bits of wood into the ignition lock; loosen or exchange connections behind the switchboard; put dirt in spark plugs; damage distributor points.
— from Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services

This kinsman of mine had a fine house at the east end of Merton Street as you turn into Logic Lane: and I was ten yards from the front door, and running my fastest, when suddenly I tripp'd and fell headlong.
— from The Splendid Spur Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3 by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Before him was a gleam of pale pink satin, shrouded with lace so fine and delicate that it looked like a fairy web; and the Earle diamonds were not brighter than the dark eyes.
— from Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame

With regard to those white men, who, it was said, did try to raise an insurrection in Mississippi a year ago, and who were stated to be Abolitionists, none of them were proved to be members of Anti-Slavery Societies, and it must remain a matter of great doubt whether, even they were guilty of the crimes alledged against them, because when any community is thrown into such a panic as to inflict Lynch law upon accused persons, they cannot be supposed to be capable of judging with calmness and impartiality.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society

When wax is to be made the wax-makers fill themselves with honey and retire into their chamber for private meditation; it is like some solemn religious rite; they take hold of hands, or hook themselves together in long lines that hang in festoons from the top of the hive, and wait for the miracle to transpire.
— from Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers by John Burroughs

As has been said, the flagship during the night remained at anchor, while the other ships moved slowly to and fro upon the inner line, leaving, as was natural enough, a small area round the Admiral's ship unpatrolled.
— from Running the Blockade A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks, and Escapes During the American Civil War by Thomas E. Taylor

That " imperat " looks like something more than weed-killing; it looks like subjugation; it looks like pulverization at the hands of an imperious master.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various