Their marriages are not celebrated in their houses, but in pandals (booths) of green leaves erected for the purpose on the village common.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

From the mouth of Tlell River, south and westward, there is a considerable body of grazing land, estimated at two thousand acres.
— from Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Newton H. Chittenden

The end once achieved, it is expected that mankind will have become one gigantic living entity, endowed with senses, nerves, heart, arteries, and all the organs necessary to operate and employ the forces and wealth of the planet.
— from The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

Sometimes only one or two terminal flagella are present; in other cases, like the bacillus of typhoid fever, five to twenty may occur all round the body of the bacillus, varying in length and size, sometimes being of greater length even than the bacillus itself.
— from Bacteria Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public health by Newman, George, Sir

Prince Albert wore a coat of rich orange satin, brocaded with gold, the sleeves turned up with crimson velvet, a pink silk epaulette on one shoulder; a baldrick of gold lace embroidered with silver for the sword; the breeches of crimson velvet with pink satin bows and gold lace, the stockings of lavender silk, the sash of white silk, gold fringed.
— from Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Sarah Tytler

Dear Father :— The writing-room is a bower of gold leaf, electric-light fixtures, and Louis XIV brocade, but it is injudiciously placed where both the motion and vibration are greatest, and not even the marvelously developed yellow cherub, who holds a candelabrum over my shoulder, is inviting enough to induce me to stay here long.
— from Over Periscope Pond Letters from Two American Girls in Paris October 1916-January 1918 by Esther Sayles Root

We're on the borders of giant land, evidently, and they seem as harmless as ordinary men.
— from Tom Swift in Captivity, Or, A Daring Escape By Airship by Victor Appleton

“We have had a bit of good luck, eh?”
— from A Memory of the Southern Seas 1904 by Louis Becke

The boy too, aroused by the noise of talking, awoke; stared wildly around him, and though a boy of genteel lineage, evinced a great distaste to mingling in society; and fought manfully to retain his position in the corner, when Harson attempted to lead him out.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Various