"But," said Mr. Dana, "if you see a man bite a dog, hurry back to the office and write the story."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

I have seen a mother bird at dusk giving a last bite to one squalling baby while the father fed another."
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

It was altogether unaccountable that a young gentleman whose imagination had been strangled in his cradle, should be still inconvenienced by its ghost in the form of grovelling sensualities; but such a monster, beyond all doubt, was Tom.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Well, she adores Mrs. Bruce, and do you know it has seemed to me that Mrs. Bruce is trying to live up to it.
— from Clever Betsy: A Novel by Clara Louise Burnham

PAGE The Unconstitutionality of Slavery shown from its Barbarism. Letter to a Political Antislavery Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1860 1 The Fugitive Slave Act must be a Dead Letter.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Again, shortly after, Mr. Bate asks, “Do you recollect a little fellow just like this?
— from Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society. Fourth Edition by Samuel Smiles

The illustrations given of the influence of the mind over the bowels should make it clear that this therapeutic principle can be of far-reaching significance and must be applied deliberately and with confidence in the results.
— from Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

It represented a seaport, like Sarrio, in the dark hours of the night—to judge by the black hue of the sky and sea; on the left towered the heights of an ideal mountain, upon which was seen a man, bearing a distant resemblance to Don Rosendo, turning the rays of an enormous lantern upon the town; round about him were the heads of several people, and the shareholders believed in good faith that they represented themselves, and so they felt deeply indebted to the designer.
— from The Fourth Estate, vol. 1 by Armando Palacio Valdés

However, in due time Ravenslee sat down to as tasty a supper as might be and did ample justice to it, while Mrs. Trapes once more read aloud for his edification from the wondrous circular, and was again propounding the vexed and burning question of "who" when she was interrupted by a knocking without, and going to the door, presently returned with little Mrs. Bowker, in whose tired eyes shone an unusual light, and whose faded voice held a strange note of gladness.
— from The Definite Object: A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol

"On the Saturday, however, we were able to meet for the last time as heretofore—just once more in secret—down there in the cave—as soon as might be after dark.
— from Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung