We looked and saw a beacon burning on some obscure land off the beam.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

Kriśáśva's sons they are indeed, Brought forth by Daksha's lovely seed, 146 Heralds of conquest, strong and bold, Brilliant, of semblance manifold.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

A bull beggar, or scarechild, with which foolish nurses terrify crying brats.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Censers and all sacred vessels are beaten broad; of silver, they are fit for the poverty-stricken Mint; of pewter, let them become bullets to shoot the 'enemies of du genre humain.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

At this period we were still living in Old Satan's log house, and anxiously looking out for the first snow to put us in possession of the good substantial log dwelling occupied by Uncle Joe and his family, which consisted of a brown brood of seven girls, and the highly-prized boy who rejoiced in the extraordinary name of Ammon.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The monument, which is of marble, consists of a sarcophagus, above which is a cherub in the act of crowning a beautiful bust of Sir Richard with a laurel wreath, above is a shield of arms, within an orb ar. sa.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 by Various

If we are 'one body'; if to it there be but 'one spirit'; if we have but 'one hope, one faith,' and be all baptized by 'one spirit' into that 'one' body; and if we have but 'one Lord, one God,' and he in every one of us; let us be also 'one': and let them that are thus qualified, both join together, and hold in one.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

Having ridden about twenty-five miles, we came to a broad belt of sand-dunes, which stretches, as far as the eye can reach, to the east and west.
— from Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. by Charles Darwin

So they sat by the fire, while the storm ceased, the winds fell, the rain-heavy grass and leaves lifted themselves, the east brightened with a new day, the birds broke forth into matin-song, and then a broad bar of sunshine fell over the kitchen floor, through the very window where the black-veiled figure had stood the night before.
— from A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette by Charlotte M. Brame

Beyond these, again, rises a colossal mountain of gray cumulus, through whose shadowed sides the sunbeams penetrate in dim, sloping, rain-like shafts; and over which they fall in a broad burst of streaming light, sinking to the earth, and showing through their own visible radiance the three successive ranges of hills which connect its desolate plain with space.
— from Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) by John Ruskin

When a beardless boy of sixteen presented himself instead, they shook their heads in apprehension.
— from Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston

There was no sleep in him; with an overcoat thrown across his shoulders he watched the calm Egyptian night, the soft army of the stars, the river gleaming in a broad band of silver.
— from The Wave: An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood

It may sound foolish to speak of using a square rig, but one can have a lot of fun and can learn a great deal about ships and sailing by fitting up a small boat as a brig, bark, or ship.
— from The Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boats by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

"That is only the place where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it."
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop