Equally impossible would it have been to believe that the tones of the old bell still echoed in the heart of the boy from Marbach; or that one day they would ring out loud enough and strong enough to be heard all over the world.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

the ends sides and partitions are then formed with one range of wide boards of abut two inches thick, which are sunk in the ground a small distance at their lower ends and stand erect with their upper ends Taping on the outside of the eve poles and end rafters to which they are secured by an outer pole lying parallel with the eve poles and rafters being secured to them by chords of cedar bark which pass through wholes made in the boards at certain distances for that purpose; the rough roof is then covered with a double range of thin boards, and an aperture of 2 by 3 feet left in the center of the roof to permit the smoke to pass.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The eyes of the Villagers look enlightened, as such eyes do when a coach-transit, which is an event, occurs for them.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

It was Comte's notion that with the arrival of sociology the distinction which had so long existed, and still exists, between philosophy, in which men define their wishes, and natural science, in which they describe the existing order of nature, would disappear.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The purging of Crispinus in the Poetaster , the Aristophanic motive of the Magnetic Lady , even the farcical horror of noise which is the mainspring of the Epicœne , are only less elaborate and sustained examples of this fantastic realism than the adventure of a Stupid Devil in the play before us.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

I hope he is never lonely enough and sad enough to think of me and see me as I have thought of him and see him !"
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

—Sí, señor; pues la enseñanza industrial para la mujer ha pasado de la etapa filantrópica a la económica, aunque sólo en algunos centros, que son contados [12] todavía.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

When she was left alone with him, she suddenly felt afraid; his laughing eyes and stern expression scared her.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[4450] author, quod extendi et locupletari hoc subjectum plerique postulabant, et eorum importunitate victus, animum utcunque renitentem eo adegi, ut jam sexta vice calamum in manum sumerem, scriptionique longe et a studiis et professione mea alienae, me accingerem, horas aliquas a seriis meis occupationibus interim suffuratus, easque veluti ludo cuidam ac recreationi destinans ;
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

[pg 045] Miss Carmichael gasped a little even as she extended her hand, for the masquerader had pulled off her gauntlet and held out hers as if she was conferring the freedom of the wilderness.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning

Where strong lights are required, the plate is restored to a smooth surface; for a medium light, it is moderately burnished, or partially erased; and, for the deepest shades, the ground is left entire, and sometimes etched, and corroded with nitric acid.
— from Popular Technology; or, Professions and Trades. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Edward Hazen

Lord Elmwood and Sandford entered.
— from A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald

Its walls of pure and solid ice emitted a soft and rich blue light that produced a lovely effect, and suggested enchanted caves, and that sort of thing.
— from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain

“We could easily get our Squire out of sight also, if we could find a line light enough and strong enough to bear the strain of the two kites together, but no string we have got here could bear the strain that would be put upon it,” observed Ernest to those who came round to observe the wonder which had been wrought.
— from Ernest Bracebridge: School Days by William Henry Giles Kingston