The average housewife seldom thinks of using such herbs as sweet basil, sorrel, tarragon, leek and chervil, yet they give a delicious flavoring not only to soups, stews, ragouts and goulashes, but to made dishes.
— from Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Mary A. Wilson

Suppose that our Uncle Samuel, heeding what seems to be a rather certain voice of his people at this time to avoid both government ownership and government operation, should arrange that the “good” stock of the present railroads be turned in for that of the United States Railroad, which might either keep the stock issue in its own name or else at the proper moment divide it pro rata between its constituent regional roads?
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford

In an agony of fear he realized that he no longer was the master of the space ship - TN: original uses spaced hyphen as dash he was a prisoner in a violent, uncontrollable meteor that would finally slam him into infinity against the very earth that was to be home...
— from The Sex Life of the Gods by M. E. (Michael E.) Knerr

Joe," said the Old Un, sinking his voice to a hoarse whisper, "the hour is come—perjooce the cloo!"
— from The Definite Object: A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol

If we are speedy, two of us shall have only Fenton and Burke and the woman to deal with, while one goes through West's clothes in search of the miniature."
— from The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure by Robert Neilson Stephens

In a few old gardens in America, especially in Southern towns, traces of the topiary work of early years can be seen; these overgrown, uncertain shapes have a curious influence, and the sentiment awakened is beautifully described by Gabriele d' Annunzio:— "We walked among evergreens, among ancient Box trees, Laurels, Myrtles, whose wild old age had forgotten its early discipline.
— from Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

"Now they are sure to overtake us," said he, "we shall be prisoners again before night!"
— from Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens