Observing it from the lofty stand-point of a non-participant, she was able, with the help of Mr. Sillerton Jackson and Miss Sophy, to trace each new crack in its surface, and all the strange weeds pushing up between the ordered rows of social vegetables.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The judge said it was the holiest time on record, or something like that.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I am fond of good company, of listening to folks, of talking of religion or singing something agreeable in chorus; but as for nightingales and flowers—bless them, I say!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

On, on—no thought of rest or stay— They reached the seat of Soma's sway.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

And, doubtless, such book-keeping (like certain autobiographies which have enlightened the world) cannot fail to prove serviceable, in the one respect of sparing the recording Angel some time and labour.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

At table, among friends, Mr. Seward threw off restraint, or seemed to throw it off, in reality, while in the world he threw it off, like a politician, for effect.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

After dinner the Monks separated, and dispersed themselves in various parts of the Garden, where the shade of trees or retirement of some Grotto presented the most agreeable means of enjoying the Siesta.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

On each tier, are two opposite rows of small iron doors.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Once occupying the proud position of imperial capitals, they are now for the most part mere hamlets, oftentimes mere names, with no visible indication of former human habitation; while the old rivers or streams once gay with barges filled with silken-robed lords and ladies, have dried up to mere washerwomen's runnels.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

The subsidence of Rattle Water, when the ice below Black Pool ran off with the current into the open reaches of Skeleton Arm, had left the jam suspended.
— from Billy Topsail, M.D.: A Tale of Adventure With Doctor Luke of the Labrador by Norman Duncan

[Pg 372] five times the ordinary rates of single letter postage.
— from Ten Years Among the Mail Bags Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department by James Holbrook

On each tier are two opposite rows of small iron doors.
— from In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble

The galls of plants are the most typical organogenetic results of such stimuli.
— from The Science and Philosophy of the Organism by Hans Driesch

It was then seen from the article Powder that the Duke de la Vallière was right; and then Madame de Pompadour learnt the difference between the old rouge of Spain, with which the ladies of Madrid coloured their faces, and the rouge of the ladies of Paris.
— from Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Morley

This necessitated the exercise of the obsolete right of search of suspected vessels, if anything was to be done.
— from Expansion and Conflict by William Edward Dodd

And, forgetting the broad hint given him by the gracious sovereign as to his own wishes in the matter, he pushed his zeal for canon law and blood–royal propriety so far as to convince the Duke against his will, with the ordinary result of such convictions.
— from A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 2 (of 2) by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

After a short and vain struggle, I found myself brought back captive to the old rack of suspense, tied down and strained anew.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

The ordinary range of sterility is from seven to fifteen per cent.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

A term of relationship or some title of courtesy was commonly used instead of the personal name by those who wished to show respect.
— from Indian Child Life by Charles Alexander Eastman