the bear was very near catching Drewyer; it also pursued Charbono who fired his gun in the air as he ran but fortunately eluded the vigilence of the bear by secreting himself very securely in the bushes untill Drewyer finally killed it by a shot in the head; the shot indeed that will conquer the farocity of those tremendious anamals.—in the course of the day we passed 9 Islands all of them small and most of them containing some timber.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

"Why in the world should you spend your money, worry your family, and turn the house upside down for a parcel of girls who don't care a sixpence for you?
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The six unhappy detectives flung themselves into cabs and followed the elephant sharing the terror which he spread through the long stretch of the streets.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

And so, at a signal given from the kitchen, the army unexpectedly dispersed for foraging. Gerwazy, repulsed from the Judge's rooms, had to retire, out of regard for the Count's watchmen.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

Whatever amount of truth the so-called science of physiognomy may contain, appears to depend, as Haller long ago remarked, [1404] on different persons bringing into frequent use different facial muscles, according to their dispositions; the development of these muscles being perhaps thus increased, and the lines or furrows on the face, due to their habitual contraction, being thus rendered deeper and more conspicuous.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Toutefois, compte tenu du procédé de fabrication de nos livres, le contrat est exempt des conditions habituelles de retirage, qui sont remplacées par une durée fixée de propriété des droits intellectuels.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

In practice, too, she frequently, albeit unconsciously, diverged from her theories to some considerable extent; as on one occasion, when, after talking long and earnestly of the sin of selfishness, she absently picked up a paper I had just cut with intent to enjoy myself, took it away with her to the drawing-room, and sat on it for the rest of the morning—as I afterwards heard.
— from Ideala by Sarah Grand

The first effect of our disenchantment took the form of an overflow of words: silence was made to pay us dear for having so long oppressed us.
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 1 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 1 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

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— from The New Christianity; or, The Religion of the New Age by Salem Goldworth Bland

Beside such grotesque literary horse-play as this, with a gravity startling in its unexpected daring, Field proceeded to attribute to the venerable jurist one of the simplest and purest lullabies that ever came from his own pen, opening with: I hear Thy voice, dear Lord; I hear it by the stormy sea When winter nights are bleak and wild, And when, affright, I call to Thee; It calms my fears and whispers me, "Sleep well, my child.
— from Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Slason Thompson

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— from The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought by John Dewey

Willis had an unaffected disrelish for Paulding’s writings, which he thought coarse and pointless.
— from Nathaniel Parker Willis by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

Admires her for her prudence with regard to what he puts her upon doing for her Norton.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

"I can never repay you for what you have unknowingly done for me!
— from Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 2 (of 2) by A. M. Donelan