"If we do not know every one of them, if nature still keeps ichthyological secrets from us, nothing is more admissible than to accept the existence of fish or cetacean s of new species or even new genera, animals with a basically 'cast–iron' constitution that inhabit strata beyond the reach of our soundings, and which some development or other, an urge or a whim if you prefer, can bring to the upper level of the ocean for long intervals.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

A huge rock stood alone and apparently unsupported near its mouth, as though aeons long gone by an iceberg had perched it there.
— from The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

And well would they persuade us now, In moments all too dear, That, sinful though our hearts may be, We have our Eden here."
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

How should the infant be held during dressing and undressing? Nothing is more awkward than to attempt to dress a young baby in a sitting posture.
— from The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt

We are not, therefore, surprised to find that this Epic took a strong hold on the popular imagination, and so penetrated the Italian race as to assume a new form on Italian soil, while the Arthurian romance survived as a pastime of the upper classes, and underwent no important metamorphosis at their hands.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds