By seas and by land equally the strip of Syrian coast lay open to the arms of Egypt, who was free to choose her time, and pour her hosts into the country when the attention of Babylon was directed to some other quarter.
— from The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

I know, at least, that we shall meet again; but learn ere then, sweet flower, that there are more genial resting-places than the rock.”
— from Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The good man opens the wooden-hinged door, and sends forth a blast loud enough to scare a Wolf.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 2 (of 2) by John James Audubon

The Inebriate died, under a strong pressure of delirium tremens, groaning and braying loud enough to scare away the fiends which gathered around.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Twenty-five nobles, well and richly clad in fine silk and scarlet cloth, bade him welcome and conducted him to a boat, large enough to seat forty persons, covered with satin cramoisy and richly carpeted.
— from Venice and Its Story by Thomas Okey

"You are indeed a brave lad," exclaimed the stranger, as he repressed a smile.
— from Bill Nye's Cordwood by Bill Nye

The queen in her speech represented the necessity of acting vigorously against France, as a common enemy to the liberties of Europe; she commended the fortitude of the duke of Savoy, which she said was without example; she told them her intention was to expedite commissions for treating of an union with Scotland; she earnestly recommended an union of minds and affections among her people; she observed, that some persons had endeavoured to foment animosities, and even suggested in print that the established church was in danger; she affirmed that such people were enemies to her and the kingdom, and meant only to cover designs which they durst not publicly own, by endeavouring to distract the nation with unreasonable and groundless distrusts and jealousies; she declared she would always affectionately support and countenance the church of England, as by law established; that she would inviolably maintain the toleration; that she would promote religion and virtue, encourage trade, and every thing else that might make them a happy and flourishing people.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

He found a branch large enough to stiffen the brush near the break.
— from Overland Red: A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Henry Herbert Knibbs