Maáyu itil-ug ang mayamáya, Red snapper is good for s.o. recuperating from an illness. — sa hilánat n boil that comes out after one is cured of fever.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

A few minutes after, the whole mass was in a blaze, and it was not without great difficulty that Moodie and Mr. R—— succeeded in putting out the fire.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

H2 anchor Chapter XXI C asting my eyes on Mr. Wemmick as we went along, to see what he was like in the light of day, I found him to be a dry man, rather short in stature, with a square wooden face, whose expression seemed to have been imperfectly chipped out with a dull-edged chisel.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

‘I think you have not shown much mercy,’ replied she, with a short, bitter laugh; ‘killing the poor birds by wholesale in that shocking manner, and putting the dear boy to such misery for a mere whim.’
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

If any of my readers should be fortunate enough to discover any traces of colouring hidden away beneath the coats of whitewash on the walls of their church, I would venture to advise them to very carefully remove the covering, and then to consult Mr. Keyser’s book on Mural Decorations , where they will find an account of the best methods for preserving these valuable specimens of early art.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

This night my mother became impatient with hearing me read so poorly.
— from Rizal's own story of his life by José Rizal

Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa, California, has produced a great many hybrid brambles, the qualities of which in many respects surpass those of the wild species.
— from Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

When all shall cease—the universe be o'er, In awful greatness He alone will reign, Who was, Who is, and Who will evermore In glory most refulgent still remain.
— from Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days by Annie L. Burton

It is of the changes indicative of human progress within the middle of the present century that I desire to speak in this volume; for during this period there seems to have been a more rapid succession of them than ever, evincing the capability of our race for an advancement to which no philosophy of the past or present has been able to set bounds.
— from Fifty Notable Years Views of the Ministry of Christian Universalism During the Last Half-Century; with Biographical Sketches by John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams

"It shall be on in a moment," replied Sir Edward, without answering his question.
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Mrs. Mortimer remained silent for a few minutes.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

The Colonel and his friend were both fond of gossip--with the difference that the Colonel, an independent man, related scandal for his own pleasure, while the Baroness very often did so to please others.
— from Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin

Working with the utmost diligence and care, I introduced into some of my compositions as many as a hundred figures, which I modelled upon different planes, so that those nearest the eye might appear larger, and those more remote smaller in proportion.
— from The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner