He examined the two windows of the bedroom, drew up the blinds and opened the sashes, to confirm Kemp's statement that a retreat by them would be possible.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Paper-Worker , a wandering vendor of street literature; one who sells ballads, dying speeches, and confessions, sometimes termed a “running stationer.”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

I stand each year upon six hundred pounds, and Helen upon the same, and Tibby will stand upon eight, and as fast as our pounds crumble away into the sea they are renewed—from the sea, yes, from the sea.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

When he moves he stirs them and reciprocally.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Thou, who now wouldst rise On wings of rich emprise, Seeking from Olympian skies Songs of sweetest strain, Softer than ambrosial rain; Thou, whose voice divine Rivals Philomel’s refrain, And with varied line Through the night benign Frees mortality from pain; Thou, who by sharp strife Wakest thy mind to life; And the memory bright Of thy genius’ light Makest immortal in its strength; Page 109 And thou, in accents clear of Phoebus, to Apells dear; Or by the brush’s magic art Takest from nature’s store a part, To fix it on the simple canvas’ length; Go forth, and then the sacred fire Of thy genius to the laurel may aspire; To spread around the fame, And in victory acclaim, Through wider spheres the human name.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

For instance, if the Diameter of a small drop or globule of Water be about the 500th part of an Inch, so that a red-making Ray in passing through the middle of this globule has 250 Fits of easy Transmission within the globule, and that all the red-making Rays which are at a certain distance from this middle Ray round about it have 249 Fits within the globule, and all the like Rays at a certain farther distance round about it have 248 Fits, and all those at a certain farther distance 247 Fits, and so on; these concentrick Circles of Rays after their transmission, falling on a white Paper, will make concentrick Rings of red upon the Paper, supposing the Light which passes through one single globule, strong enough to be sensible.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

(In order to make it clearer, the supplementary threads are represented in the engraving in a darker shade).
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

The same torpor, as regarded the capacity for intellectual effort, accompanied me home, and weighed upon me in the chamber which I most absurdly termed my study.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I agree, madam, I agree; and may all the women and soldiers accompanying me show themselves as resolute as you.
— from The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude by Jules Verne

There were 1918 lots, and fourteen days’ sale, the amount realised being £5150.
— from Prices of Books An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different Periods by Henry B. (Henry Benjamin) Wheatley

Those who had settled their affairs returned home, and overstocked England with workmen; those whose debts were unsatisfied went to France, Spain, and the Netherlands, where they met with good encouragement, whereby the natives, having got a firm footing in the trade, being acute fellows, soon became as good workmen as any we have, and supply the foreign
— from Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734) by Jonathan Swift

Before I attempt to explain the probable causes of great vicissitudes of temperature on the earth's surface, I shall take a rapid view of some of the principal data which appear to support the popular opinions now entertained on the subject.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

A like recognition of the right of the master to have his slave who has escaped from one State to another restored and "delivered up" to him, and of the validity of the fugitive-slave law enacted for this purpose, together with a declaration that all State laws impairing or defeating this right are violations of the Constitution, and are consequently null and void.
— from State of the Union Addresses by James Buchanan

These became the supreme triad, Anu ruling over the heavens, enthroned on the northern pole, as [Pg 269] king and father of the gods; Enlil, the Semitic Bel, god of earth, lord of the lands, formerly chief of all the gods; and Ea, god of the water-depths, whose son was ultimately to eclipse his father as Marduk of Babylon.
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane

[Pg 286] Why not clean up the place by cutting away the underbrush and weeds, by planting shade trees and repairing fences and out buildings, by painting and renovating the house and barn?—and all this as an investment in behalf of the children and their possible future interest in the farm home as the best place on earth in which to dwell?
— from Farm Boys and Girls by William A. (William Arch) McKeever

Her voice sank to the softest, tenderest accents, "Remember, I never had the holy love for father or mother to fill and soften my heart; to teach it true affection; to plant in it a pure unselfish principle, a sacrificing spirit whereby to test the seeming passion offered to me.
— from Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Mrs. Alexander

"I rather surmised that," Archie replied with an ease he did not feel.
— from Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Meredith Nicholson