And mine eyes fell upon a huge gray rock which stood by the shore of the river, and was lighted by the light of the moon.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The old woman smiled a keen smile, and a gleam of roguery twinkled in her gray eye, the intellectual, skeptical roguery of those people who did not believe that they were made of the same clay as the rest, and who lived as masters for whom common beliefs were not intended.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

“Of Mr. Reed’s ghost I am: he died in that room, and was laid out there.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

“Oh, fie!” exclaimed the girl; and her mother left the room, and we locked the door.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Take of mussilage of Raisins, fat Figs, Mastich, Mallow-roots, Linseeds, and Fenugreek-seeds, Bird-lime, the juice of Orris and Squills, of each twelve drams and an half, Œsypus or oil of Sheep’s feet an ounce and an half, Oil of Orris, Chamomel, Dill, of each eight ounces, litharge of Gold in fine powder one pound, Turpentine three ounces, Per-Rozin, yellow Wax, of each two ounces, boil the oil with the mussilages and juices to the consumption of the humidity, strain the oil from the faces, and by adding the Litharge boil it to its consistence; then add the Rozin and Wax; lastly, it being removed from the fire, add the Turpentine, Œsypus and Birdlime, make of them a plaister by melting them according to art.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

For some unexplained reason the Count and his wife appear to have changed their plans abruptly, at the end of last autumn, and to have gone to Vienna instead of going to Rome, at which latter place Sir Percival had expected to find them when he left England.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

there is a figure of his so-called 'new crown,' the arches of which are composed of oak-leaf sprays with acorns, and the rim adorned with laurel sprays (Fig. 639).
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Shade them for a few days, until they have taken root; after which, little care will be required beyond the ordinary form of cultivation.
— from The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

"Have you got it on the papers," he said, in a curiously even voice, as though he recited a lesson learned by rote; "have you got it on the papers that Dan Webb had got at the rum, an' was lost through bein' drunk?"
— from The Hole in the Wall by Arthur Morrison

Up and down the broad stairway tripped light and joyous footsteps until the rooms above, which Luce had put in so exact order, presented a sce
— from Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes

"A god," said he, "without doubt a god upon earth is the Emperor of this realm, and whoso lifts his hand against him, that man's blood be on his 28 own head."
— from Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by William Holden Hutton

When the advance reached the river, and were looking for a ford, some Rebel soldiers were seen on the opposite side, and fired upon.
— from A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Marion Morrison