But then it must be in the same sense, that a malady is said to be natural; as arising from natural causes, though it be contrary to health, the most agreeable and most natural situation of man.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

It was a large room over the milk-house, some thirty feet long; the sleeping-cots of the other three indoor milkmaids being in the same apartment.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

The present establishment is near that rate, and the increase must be in the same proportion.
— from Thirty Years' View (Vol. 2 of 2) or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850 by Thomas Hart Benton

‘See, this is the way they will spoil my boy, the instant my back is turned!’ said Albinia.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

"The imprisoning my body is to satisfy your wills.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

It is hard to imagine a more melancholy and depressing place than it must be in the summer months, and prisoners say they would rather be sent to Nertchinsk for ten years, than have to spend two at Tobolsk, although it is so much nearer home and European Russia.
— from From Pekin to Calais by Land by Harry De Windt

But the motor-horn is turbulent and daring, though it may be innocent to say so.
— from The Icknield Way by Edward Thomas

Finally it occurred to me that it might be interesting to Sister Mary to take this young girl back with her to the convent, and I made the suggestion to her.
— from My Story by Anson Mills

From this, it may be inferred that sheep have always been indigenous to this hilly tract.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

My friend and I thought it might be interesting to see how far the old gentleman's benevolence stretched when it came to giving charity to an American student in distress.
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt

There is more beauty in that simple every-day sight than he or any man could express by his pencil and his colours.
— from The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley