Finally this resource also came to an end, and again he sought counsel from the beautiful Persian.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

In any case, there already exists an adequate translation by Miss Maclehose.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

Across the hills south of the settlement lived a priest who knew something of the Sanskrit alphabet as used in Japan, and I used to go once or twice a week to him for instruction, but these studies were interrupted by the rumours of war that began soon to prevail; and the lessons from the American missionary, Mr. Brown, also came to an end, as I was now able to get on alone.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

Next we pass on to gymnastics; about which I would remark, that the soul is related to the body as a cause to an effect, and therefore if we educate the mind we may leave the education of the body in her charge, and need only give a general outline of the course to be pursued.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

It looked more like a coffin than anything else; and, indeed,—not having been played upon, or opened, for years,—there must have been a vast deal of dead music in it, stifled for want of air.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The streets are roughly and badly paved with stone, and are tolerably crooked—enough so to make each street appear to close together constantly and come to an end about a hundred yards ahead of a pilgrim as long as he chooses to walk in it.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

The argument about the white moss rose had apparently come to an end at last.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

5.8, et al.; to escape, Jno. 10.39; to pass away, come to an end, Ac. 16.19.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

The long-drawn wails, giving the time for the pull of the men catting the anchor, came to an end, and he lowered his voice.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

It must not be assumed that the stone age came to an end at the same time everywhere.
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

The ditch consists of the outer part of the germinative area, and comes to an end at the point where the area passes into the vesicle.
— from The Evolution of Man by Ernst Haeckel

It lasted but a moment, for the nestling itself was scared and flew to another branch, upon which the attack came to an end, and the mother went to the baby, but the father stood on a perch near the enemy, and scolded for some time.
— from In Nesting Time by Olive Thorne Miller

Antimachus calls them all Epeii and Caucones.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Regarding the Publisher, I may be permitted to mention that he rendered my task very easy by providing, sometimes at considerable trouble and expense, all works of reference which I considered would be of service in endeavouring to make this History thoroughly accurate and reliable.
— from The History of the Highland Clearances Second Edition, Altered and Revised by Alexander Mackenzie

The sapient being will say, ‘These red objects are apples; as a class, they are edible and flavorsome.’
— from Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper

Now I know of no revealed truth that did not originate in Revelation, and find it hard to reconcile my mind to the belief that any Christian truth, any essential article of faith, should have been first made known by the father of lies, or the guess-work of the human understanding blinded by Paganism, or at best without the knowledge of the true God.
— from The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

So great were the difficulties which beset the negotiation, that St John was obliged to repair in person to Paris, where he remained incognito for a considerable time, and effected a compromise of the objects still in dispute between the parties.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846 by Various

Softened lights, dull, warm draperies, pretty china, the bindings of the books, all contributed to an effect as homelike as it was artistic.
— from Six Girls and the Tea Room by Marion Ames Taggart