At other times it is found far removed to the inner side of the usual position of the vessel, and lying in close contact with the ulnar nerve, d .
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

Her appearance, manners, and dress, and the very furniture of the room she inhabited, were all set before me, with rather more clearness and precision than I cared to see them; but, as I was not a very attentive listener, I could not repeat the description if I would.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

It makes white fathers cruel and sensual; the sons violent and licentious; it contaminates the daughters, and makes the wives wretched.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

If there is a volcano at Lisbon it cannot be elsewhere.
— from Candide by Voltaire

'My fortitude is gone,' said Valancourt at length; 'I can no longer even struggle to recall it.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The violets and lilies in Christ's garden outshine voluptuous roses and flaunting sunflowers.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

But then--" and he raised his voice a little, in case there should be any one behind the door, listening to the conversation--"then I shall expect that the nerves of the countess will have nothing to say against my requesting a ten minutes' interview.
— from In Paradise: A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse

The best woman, with comparatively few exceptions, is already and will still more in the future be the woman who, out of a long, healthy and vitally active life, is called upon to spend but a comparatively small proportion of her years in an exclusive subservience to motherhood.
— from Radiant Motherhood: A Book for Those Who are Creating the Future by Marie Carmichael Stopes

After about half an hours boiling, let the water run through a strainer (to sever the herbs from it) into Woodden or earthen vessels, and let it cool and settle.
— from The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Kenelm Digby

For ventilation and light, I cut under the projecting eaves four openings, or windows, into which, so sheltered, the rain would not be likely to drive.
— from The Spanish Galleon Being an account of a search for sunken treasure in the Caribbean Sea. by Charles Sumner Seeley

“I’ll bet,” challenged Peter, “you don’t know about the mother and the two daughters who were exiled from Venezuela and live in Curaçao, and who look over here every night at sunset?”
— from The White Mice by Richard Harding Davis

"I know not," said he, as he related these particulars to Lucille one evening when they were alone; "I know not what the earth may be like, or the heaven, or the rivers whose voice at least I can hear, for I have no recollection beyond that of a confused, but delicious blending of a thousand glorious colors—a bright and quick sense of joy— A VISIBLE MUSIC .
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 2, October, 1834 by Various