"That is very old," said the counsellor, becoming quite cheerful at the sight of this antique drawing.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

No wonder then, blessed shade, that now, when reunited to thy native heaven, thou art still kind, propitious, and beneficent to us, who groan in this inhospitable vale of sorrow thou hast left.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

We were therefore obliged to modify our plan, as the season continued to be inclement; and it was determined that we should await the arrival of spring in our present abode, and so order our future movements as to pass the hot months in the icy vallies of Switzerland, deferring our southern progress until the ensuing autumn, if such a season was ever again to be beheld by us.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Almost immediately after their marriage, her practice had begun, and her husband found the immense value of such a wife.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The number and constant successions of these islands, all green and richly wooded; their fluctuating sizes, some so large that for half an hour together one among them will appear as the opposite bank of the river, and some so small that they are mere dimples on its broad bosom; their infinite variety of shapes; and the numberless combinations of beautiful forms which the trees growing on them present: all form a picture fraught with uncommon interest and pleasure.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Swarms of people from the other districts had assembled in Sinaketa; every day, natives from the inland villages of Southern Boyowa crowded into their capital, whilst people from Kuboma, Luba, and Kiriwina, that is, the Central and Northern districts, were camping in their relatives’ houses, in yam stores and under [ 390 ] provisional shelters.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

It is impossible to write of the rhythmic possibilities that the infinite variety of shapes possessed by natural objects contain, except to point out how necessary the study of nature is for this.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

As a further provision for the efficacy of the federal powers, they took an oath mutually to defend and protect the united cities, to punish the violators of this oath, and to inflict vengeance on sacrilegious despoilers of the temple.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

It is mainly because of this inner vacuity of soul that people go in quest of society, diversion, amusement, luxury of every sort, which lead many to extravagance and misery.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

Formerly, judging from Dibden's account of the church, there was great display in the religious functions at S. Germain: "The immediate vicinity of S. Germain is sadly choked by stalls and shops—the West front has been cruelly covered by modern appendages.
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale

Amyl alcohol is identified by the following tests:—(1) Its physical properties; (2) if warmed with twice its volume of strong sulphuric acid, a rose or red colour is produced; (3) heated with an acetate and strong sulphuric acid, amyl acetate , which has the odour of the jargonelle pear, is formed; (4) heated with sulphuric acid and potassic dichromate, valeric aldehyde is first produced, and then valeric acid is formed; the latter has a most peculiar and strong odour. § 168.
— from Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts by Alexander Wynter Blyth

"That is very odd," she said, "I do not remember to ever have been affected in that way by a book."
— from Mal Moulée: A Novel by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

That in view of still further elevating the institution and securing its permanency we will endeavor to increase the endowment to $100,000.
— from History of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia The Oldest Incorporated Methodist College in America by Richard Irby

Wherever this standard is maintained there is at its side in free and unquestioned circulation a volume of silver currency sometimes equaling and sometimes even exceeding it in amount, both maintained at a parity notwithstanding a depreciation or fluctuation in the intrinsic value of silver.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland

Menendez sailed into Florida waters in September, 1565, reconnoitred the French colony on the St. John’s River and then sailed south several days, landing at the Indian village of Seloy.
— from Quaint and Historic Forts of North America by John Martin Hammond

It was there that Madame Desvarennes discovered them in a garret in 1864, neglected by the grandchildren of the buyer, who were ignorant of the immense value of such unrivalled work.
— from Serge Panine — Complete by Georges Ohnet

"Really, Merton, this is very odd," said the lady.
— from The Evil Guest by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"That is very original," said she.
— from Hearts and Masks by Harold MacGrath