The same commentator thinks that Pliny can have hardly intended to censure Mela, to whose learning he had been so much indebted for his geographical information, by applying to him the epithet “imperitus,” ‘ignorant’ or ‘unskilled’; he therefore suggests that the proper reading here is, “ut non imperiti dixere,” “as some by no means ignorant persons have asserted.”
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

It began from the south-east, came about to the north-west, and then settled in the north-east; from whence it blew in such a terrible manner, that for twelve days together we could do nothing but drive, and, scudding away before it, let it carry us whither fate and the fury of the winds directed; and, during these twelve days, I need not say that I expected every day to be swallowed up; nor, indeed, did any in the ship expect to save their lives.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Now the Ground under neath is dugg as deep as the House is high; and it is so ordered, that so soon as the Frosts begin to chill the Air, they may sink their Houses down under Ground, where they keep themselves secure from the Severity of the Weather: But as soon as the gentle Breathings of the Spring begin to soften and qualifie the Air; they raise them above Ground again, by means of the great Skrew I told you of."
— from A Voyage to the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac

In this course we passed the line in about twelve days time, and were by our last observation in 7 degrees 22 min. northern latitude, when a violent tornado or hurricane took us quite out of our knowledge; it began from the south-east, came about to the north-west, and then settled into the north-east, from whence it blew in such a terrible manner, that for twelve days together we could do nothing but drive; and scudding away before it, let it carry us whither ever fate and the fury of the winds directed; and during these twelve days, I need not say that I expected every day to be swallowed up, nor indeed did any in the ship expect to save their lives.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe

The complaint is too frequently trifled with at the commencement, being not understood, nor its danger appreciated.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

I held in my hand a power well-known and used largely by Eastern races, yet its use neglected, ignored, denounced, and despised by the entire Western world.
— from The Truth about Opium Being a Refutation of the Fallacies of the Anti-Opium Society and a Defence of the Indo-China Opium Trade by William H. Brereton

Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, five years older than Beethoven, whom the King had withdrawn from the study of theology and caused to be thoroughly educated as a musician, first under Naumann in Dresden and afterwards in Italy, had returned the year before and had assumed his duties as Royal Pianist and Composer.
— from The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

The alteration [111] under notice is due, as shown by Sir William Crookes, to the fact that platinum is distinctly volatile above 1000° C., and hence the diameter of the wire diminishes.
— from Pyrometry: A Practical Treatise on the Measurement of High Temperatures by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Darling

'All right; hurry up, now,' "I dusted around putty lively, an' inside of an hour was back with the nurse, an 'jest [Pg 334] after we got inside the door—" David paused thoughtfully for a moment and then, lowering his tone a little, "jest as we got inside the front door, a door upstairs opened an' I heard a little 'Waa!
— from David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott

What he urgently needs is daylight and tranquillity.
— from Golden Face: A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford

Although the beautiful reality of love is there, they are tormented by hunger and utter need into doubts and mutual reproaches, and at last seek death in the snow.
— from Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm by Jóhann Sigurjónsson