And indeed such a coat grows over this plant as renders it a hemisphere, and that, as one may say, turned accurately in a lathe, and having its notches extant above it, which, as I said, grow like a pomegranate, only that they are sharp, and end in nothing but prickles.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

When I say that he constantly walked in and out of the room with his hat on; and stopped to converse in the same free-and-easy state; and lay down on our sofa, and pulled his newspaper out of his pocket, and read it at his ease; I merely mention these traits as characteristic of the country: not at all as being matter of complaint, or as having been disagreeable to me.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

The poor fellow, supposing that the provost was asking his name, broke the silence which he habitually preserved, and replied, in a harsh and guttural voice, “Quasimodo.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

This precluded intimate coordination of domestic and overseas propaganda and rendered illusory any hope that domestic propaganda, as eavesdropped by our enemies, could be used as an instrument of war.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

He (the bishop ) soon after introduced the gentleman to the Sisters of Charity who had provided for the illicit offspring of the priest, concealing its parentage, and representing it as having no father living.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger

There was always a jarring inconsequence about this girl, she was so delicately pretty and refined in appearance, her ribbons were so profuse and cheap, and her manners were so recklessly coarse.
— from The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Bonaparte, who found her very pretty and refined in all her little ways.
— from Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 2 by Madame de (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes) Rémusat

It follows, that the misguided people are rushing into a horrible and absurd struggle, in which victory would be more fatal than defeat, since, according to this supposition, the result would be the realization of universal evils, the destruction of every means of emancipation, the consummation of its own misery.
— from Sophisms of the Protectionists by Frédéric Bastiat

Every stroke of the pen appeared ridiculous, inasmuch as he could no longer deceive himself in regard to his prospects.
— from Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Ludwig Nohl

Slowly he drew from it a folded paper, and read, in a harsh, raucous voice:— "'To cleaning and repairing one——' No, that's not it."
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 by Various

In that remarkable collection of lyrics Heine appears at his best, because the ability to compose songs that are the spontaneous utterance of emotion, at one and the same time personal and representative, is a Hebrew heritage.
— from The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 by Various

I tried to reason the matter with him, but found him proof against reason; I also held up his honor to view, and his behavior to me and the prisoners in general, as being derogatory to it, but found his honor impenetrable.
— from Of the Capture of Ticonderoga: His Captivity and Treatment by the British by Ethan Allen