A roll of unfolded notes done up in a wrapper fell out of it.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But the higher and radical operations upon nature depend entirely on the primary axioms.
— from Novum Organum; Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature by Francis Bacon

They'll be glad enough to get rid of us, no doubt.
— from Settlers and Scouts: A Tale of the African Highlands by Herbert Strang

Loup the whole length of the province to Sarnia, while lesser roads opened up new districts to the north or gave connection with the grain-fields and the ocean { 94} ports of the United States.
— from The Railway Builders: A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Oscar D. (Oscar Douglas) Skelton

For the rest of us no doubt the lessons Mr. Haselden has for us in his caricatures, "ourselves as we see ourselves" and "as others see us," are necessary.
— from A Student in Arms: Second Series by Donald Hankey

Noailles, who had opposed the appointment, refused canonical powers to the confessor, and a fresh intrigue ran on until Noailles died and a pro-Jesuit Archbishop was elected.
— from A Candid History of the Jesuits by Joseph McCabe

In delightful contrast with the fierce Huguenot song comes the lively and graceful romanza of Urbain ("Nobil donna e tanto onesta"), followed by a delightful septet.
— from The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

She assumed new responsibilities, opened up new diplomatic relations, developed a new outlook and new ambitions.
— from A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak

Sir Francis , 9 , 22 , 23 , 209 ; 392 with Hawkins at San Juan d’Ulloa, 210 , 221 , 226 ; biographical notice of, 227–229 ; expeditions of, to the Spanish Main, 229–240 ; raid of, upon Nombre de Dios, 233–238 ; his first sight of the Pacific, 240 , 241 ; attacks upon treasure trains from Panama, 242–246 , 247–249 , 250 , 251 , 252 ; on the Pacific coast, 253–283 ; discovery of California for the English, 274–279 ; across the Pacific, 279–282 ; reception upon his return from his marvellous voyage, 283 ; after exploits of, 284 ; “singeing the King of Spain’s beard,” 284 , 310 , 313 ; in “Virginia,” 347 , 348 , 349 , 369 .
— from The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery by Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe) Bacon

‘You have been looking out, like the rest o’ us, no doubt, Mrs. Garland, at the mampus of soldiers that have come upon the down?
— from The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy