The wild Poppy, or Corn Rose, hath long and narrow leaves, very much cut in on the [145] edges into many divisions, of a light green colour, sometimes hairy withal.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

"Really, now you ask me," said Alice, very much confused, "I don't think——" "Then you shouldn't talk," said the Hatter.
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson by Lewis Carroll

Some with elongated body sweep the ground, and, as they move, Trail perforce with writhing belly in the dust a sinuous groove; Some, on light wing upward soaring, swiftly do the winds divide, And through heaven's ample spaces in free motion smoothly glide; These earth's solid surface pressing, with firm paces onward rove, Ranging through the verdant meadows, crouching in the woodland grove.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

After dinner I walked to Arundell House, the way very dusty, the day of meeting of the Society being changed from Wednesday to Thursday, which I knew not before, because the Wednesday is a Council-day, and several of the Council are of the Society, and would come but for their attending the King at Council; where I find much company, indeed very much company, in expectation of the Duchesse of Newcastle, who had desired to be invited to the Society; and was, after much debate, pro and con., it seems many being against it; and we do believe the town will be full of ballads of it.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In truth, I find by experience, that the untrained eye and vacant mind can inspect it, and learn of it, and judge of it, more clearly and profitably in his books than by personal contact with it.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

4. Prīmā lūce īdem exercitus proelium ācre commīsit, sed gravia suōrum vulnera magnae cūrae imperātōrī erant.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Not improbably, this circumstance wrought a very material change in the [319] public estimation; and, had the mother and child remained here, little Pearl, at a marriageable period of life, might have mingled her wild blood with the lineage of the devoutest Puritan among them all.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Where the penal law is voluminous, moral consensus is very extended; that is to say, a multitude of collective activities is under the guardianship of public opinion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The Spot which I would here endeavour to clear them of, is that Party-Rage which of late Years is very much crept into their Conversation.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

And his heart was warmed within him at their cry and again he spake outright among them: (ll. 641-647) "My friends, in your valour my courage is quickened.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

But verily, Mistress Constance, I be frightened to let you go; and oh, I do fear my husbands's anger." "Would you, then, have a man die by your means?"
— from Constance Sherwood: An Autobiography of the Sixteenth Century by Georgiana Fullerton

But the effect of this testimony has been so amply exposed by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Collamer ], in his able 178 and indefatigable argument, that I content myself with simply referring to it.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 05 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

I shall go and visit my cousins in the pond," said Sally.
— from The Sun's Babies by Edith Howes

They visited many churches in France on their road; but St. Richard died at Lucca, where his relics are still venerated in the church of St. Fridian, and he is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on the 7th of February.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 7. July by Alban Butler

It is admitted that the oxygen of atmospherical air passes through the pulmonary air-vesicles or cells into the system of blood-vessels, and it is not improbable, that through the same channel various matters contained in the air may be introduced.
— from An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar

There is something in the northern zoology besides the determination of species, which denotes a very minute care in preparing animals for the particular latitudes the several species are designed for, by protecting the legs and feet against the power of intense cold.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

She sat there some time, her thoughts busy with the past, when she was very much startled at hearing Rachel say, in a weak voice:— "Miss Christine, is that you?"
— from Marion Berkley: A Story for Girls by Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Barker) Comins

One result of this connection with Moorthorne was that a boxing club had been formed in Bursley, with Jock as chief, for the upholding of Bursley's honour against visiting Moorthorne colliers in Bursley's market-place.
— from The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett

There was also a very marked change in the feelings, the aspirations, and the power of painters and sculptors.
— from How to judge architecture: a popular guide to the appreciation of buildings by Russell Sturgis