The little finger of the sham d'Urberville can do more for you than the whole dynasty of the real underneath … Now command me.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

The robbers looked at the soldier in astonishment, and said, "The rascal uses no ceremony."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Then rose up nine chiefs of fame.
— from Stories of the Old World by Alfred John Church

The bishops who lived in cities, either by their own labors or those of the elders associated with them, raised up new churches in the adjacent villages and hamlets.
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

There is so little that is really new, that many historians call Karaism only an old school of thought revived under new conditions and with a fresh name, and consider Judaism to be quite as accountable for it as Islam.
— from Outlines of Jewish History from B.C. 586 to C.E. 1885 by Magnus, Katie, Lady

"Every man would tell a different tale and get arguing with the rest until nobody could make head or tail of it, and the skipper who says nothing that isn't dragged out of him would come up on top again.
— from In the Misty Seas: A Story of the Sealers of Behring Strait by Harold Bindloss

Boil the fresh roots (after slicing them and removing the pith) in water, to deprive them of part of their bitterness and aroma; then drain them and put them into syrup boiled to a full candy height, and boiling hot; let them remain until nearly cold, when they may be taken out and carefully dried.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

But that was not the Police way, and in due course the unfortunate creature was landed safely at Fort Saskatchewan and given a chance to recover under new conditions.
— from Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth

The opinion fondly held in a certain section of “smart” society, that the lawn of the Squadron at Cowes represents the Garden of Eden, seems to rest upon no critical authority; indeed Adam and Eve, as owners of no yacht, would not be qualified for admission to this select enclosure.
— from Isle of Wight by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

Then Bader bent above him, trying to shield him from the pitiless sun as far as possible, by the shelter of his own body, and thus they remained until night came down again with its cooling shadows.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed

The bishops who lived in cities either by their own labors or those of the elders associated with them, raised up new churches in the adjacent villages and hamlets.
— from Outlines of Ecclesiastical History by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts