After the incident on the railway a certain change came over Kolya's attitude to his mother.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Under Elamite administration, temples were built and the religious and commercial centers continued to grow.
— from The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American Literature by Delphian Society

Very few plays are printed nowadays, and those few are rarely read: seldom, therefore, do they receive as careful critical consideration as even third-class novels.
— from The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Criticism by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

It was this: Roselius, in the middle of his argument upon the evidence, proposed to read a certain certified copy of a registry of birth.
— from Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable

I heard a shot, and stopped in time to see the beast stagger for a second with a broken jaw, then come on in irresistible frenzy; but still Sharp stood as though to receive a cavalry charge, crack rang out the rifle, and the great brute came pitching forward on to its nose, and rolled within three yards of Sharp's feet with a broken fetlock.
— from From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North by Arthur H. (Arthur Henry) Sharp

It was quite a severe move for the Regiment, an engagement with the rebels at Charles City Cross
— from Eighty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry.) by Thomas Edward Merchant

| | For the Representative and Consultative Church Councils .
— from The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland

As has been previously said, however, care should be exercised to avoid dangerous exsanguination of the trunk, and consequently of the respiratory and cardiac centers contained in the medulla.
— from Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

A moment or two later there was a rustling in the woods near the turn of the road and Chub came cautiously out, a broad smile on his face.
— from Captain Chub by Ralph Henry Barbour

By that we do not mean the thin, watery stuff that is served in most of the restaurants and called clam chowder just because it happens to be made every Friday.
— from Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar) Edwords

So far as regarded the local authorities over the separate areas into which London was divided, the “City” remains practically as it was, with the exception of the addition to its sphere of action of the important duties of Port Sanitary Authority, and such further powers as the exigencies of the times required, and certain changes consequent upon the creation of the London County Council.
— from The Sanitary Evolution of London by Henry (Henry Lorenzo) Jephson