A court has unquestionably a right to protect itself from indignity, while in session; and so has a legislative body, although the power of punishing for such an offence, without trial by jury, is now gravely questioned.
— from Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

“This evening, the Commandant was informed that the Ottawas and Chippewas had undertaken another raft, which might be more worthy of attention than the former ones: it was reported to be of pine boards, and intended to be long enough to go across the river.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Thence he fled to Munikanal, and concealed himself under a rock, closely followed by Kārayan, who slashed the rock with his knife, and left marks which are visible to this day.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

A body of lancers and archers came hastening up, and Richard, seeing all hope of escape gone by, exclaimed, "May the God on whom you laid your hand reward you and your accomplices at the last day!"
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

On the hill opposite Carden is a chapel high upon a rock: the road leading to it has at intervals shrines, at which the religious processions halt on their way to the chapel.
— from The Life of the Moselle From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence by Octavius Rooke

Then there were some that were travelling along about a yard from the shore, and these seemed to be rising even more frequently than the others, as there were more flies close to the rocks than out in mid-ocean; and there were a few cunning old beggars that had got a comfortable hole under a rock which they did not like to leave, and only rose at longer intervals, as especially tasty morsels floated by.
— from Three in Norway, by Two of Them by Walter J. Clutterbuck

I was altogether shabby in my outward appearance, and cannot honestly upbraid any resident of the town for his neglect of me.
— from Summer Cruising in the South Seas by Charles Warren Stoddard

White sea-crests chased and caught her up, and rolling forward broke between the funnel and the bows.
— from Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss