His soul was fattening and congealing into a gross grease, plunging ever deeper in its dull fear into a sombre threatening dusk, while the body that was his stood, listless and dishonoured, gazing out of darkened eyes, helpless, perturbed and human for a bovine god to stare upon.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

I grant, yet I could giue my reasons to fortifie & maintaine my opinion, if to enter into this disputation it wold not draw me quite off the ground of our discours; besides the mis-spending of the whole daie thereupon: One word onely I will answet to them, & that in the Scriptures (which must be an infallible ground to all true Christians)
— from Daemonologie. by King of England James I

I get out of doors a good deal, and am able to employ myself.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

I had set the evening wholly—apart to consider seriously about it, and was all alone; for already people had, as it were by a general consent, taken up the custom of not going out of doors after sunset; the reasons I shall have occasion to say more of by-and-by.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

When a theory makes its appeal to the mind, the tendency is to believe that the mind which receives it always had it in essence, and therefore the experience has all the glow of original discovery.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

John Ordway will continue to issue the provisions and make the detales for guard or other duty.—The day after tomorrow lyed corn and grece will be issued to the party, the next day Poark and flour, and the day following indian meal and poark; and in conformity to that ratiene provisions will continue to be issued to the party untill further orders.—should any of the messes prefer indian meal to flour they may recieve it accordingly—no poark is to be issued when we have fresh meat on hand.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Then his master, lifting the sheeting in the doorway, went out, and he, Tamb’ Itam, had a glimpse of old Doramin within, sitting in the chair with his hands on his knees, and looking between his feet.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

As a youthful poet, I was presented by a learned Hebraist of our nation to the greatest of our Dutch contemporary poets, the celebrated Bilderdyk, who died at the age of 75 years in 1831.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

Up, being troubled to find my wife so ready to have me go out of doors.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villains on necessity;
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

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— from Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Ossama Othman

He regarded the chiefs with the imperious glance of one determined to command them; confident they would yield obedience to his wishes.
— from Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid

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— from Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Ossama Othman

The bride's approach to her future dwelling is preceded by that of her household stuff; which affords the grand occasion of display for Highland vanity.
— from Discipline by Mary Brunton

Flanking it on either side were portraits of the original founders of this historical institution in 1692—Charles II (The Merry Monarch) and his kindly-hearted "light o' love" Sweet Nell Gwynn of Old Drury.
— from The Luck of the Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. (Ralph Selwood) Kendall

In doors, he read the exploits of Alexander the Great; out of doors, gymnastic sports and the hunting of the bear were his favorite diversions.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

If my memory serves me well, I was about twelve years old when my father { 293} and all his men, together with all the male population over fifteen, were impressed by the governor of our district to fight the devastating hosts of Oriental locusts.
— from The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany