The endosperm (Figs. 333; 338) consist of small cells in the outer part, and large cells, frequently as thick as 100 µ, in the inner part.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Leaving the water-side, where rushes stood thick and tall in a stream that was becoming sluggish and low, he wandered country-wards, crossed a field or two of pasturage already looking dusty and parched, and thrust into the great sea of wheat, yellow, wavy, and murmurous, full of quiet motion and small whisperings.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

p. 302) speaks with temper of Priscillian and Latronian.
— 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

The ladies at the foundation of this order were apparelled after their own pleasure and liking; but, since that of their own accord and free will they have reformed themselves, their accoutrement is in manner as followeth.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

The thunder of bowls echoed from the backyard; swingels hung behind the blower of the chimney; and ex-poachers and ex-gamekeepers, whom squires had persecuted without a cause, sat elbowing each other—men who in past times had met in fights under the moon, till lapse of sentences on the one part, and loss of favour and expulsion from service on the other, brought them here together to a common level, where they sat calmly discussing old times.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

On the third, sixth, ninth, and fortieth days after the funeral the old Prussians and Lithuanians used to prepare a meal, to which, standing at the door, they invited the soul of the deceased.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

But it is for this same reason that they can and need to be regulated in behalf of those interests of the community that cannot be translated immediately into terms of profit and loss to the individual.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

When driven forth by the angry owner of the hut, he wandered on to the distant town of P——, and lived there in a low tavern, while his wife and children were starving at home.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

What would you say again to the tale of Zeus, who, while other gods and men were asleep and he the only person awake, lay devising plans, but forgot them all in a moment through his lust, and was so completely overcome at the sight of Here that he would not even go into the hut, but wanted to lie with her on the ground, declaring that he had never been in such a state of rapture before, even when they first met one another 'Without the knowledge of their parents;' or that other tale of how Hephaestus, because of similar goings on, cast a chain around Ares and Aphrodite?
— from The Republic by Plato

On the other hand, it is very doubtful whether a peculiar dress contributes to the respect which public characters ought to have for their own position, at least when they are not otherwise inclined to respect it.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The number of the death-cries they give, declares how many of their own party are lost; the number of war-hoops, the number of prisoners they have taken.
— from Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 by Jonathan Carver

No work so sweet as that of praying and living wholly to the service of God.’
— from Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812 by George Smith

The only place where one is really in no danger of this nuisance at present is in church; though I am expecting every Sunday to see boots on the tops of pews, and lighted cigars behind them.
— from Caper-Sauce: A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things. by Fanny Fern

There are some things unexplained about the affair; the eagerness of the "judicious ministers" and court to condemn without due examination, the failure even to specify the objectionable passages at last, and the unwonted docility of Williams—all leave one to infer that there was more in this transaction than appears.
— from The Beginners of a Nation A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People by Edward Eggleston

"It will certainly meet your approval," Gaspard had said, "that, under the pretext of Luigi's sickness, I have had them both quartered in the old palace at Lilar, where thou canst see them more unobserved."
— from Titan: A Romance. v. 2 (of 2) by Jean Paul

The less the state governments have to do with private corporations whose income is greater than their own, the better it will be for their morals, and the more effectively are they likely to perform their own proper and legitimate functions.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

Tanakun and Tarsus fell into his hands 835 B.C.; Shalmaneser replaced Kati, the King of Kuî, by his brother Kirri, and made of his dominions a kind of buffer state between his own territory and that of Pamphylia and Lycaonia.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 7 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

I could not have hit on a fitter person; I’ll write to him at once: I’ve got his direction, somewhere”—as he spoke, he began tossing over papers and letters in search of the missing direction.
— from The Fortunes of the Colville Family; or, A Cloud with its Silver Lining by Frank E. (Frank Edward) Smedley

General Villa, before hurrying away, said a few words to the guard, who [Pg 272] went back to the other prisoners and left Jared with the scouts.
— from The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by John Henry Goldfrap