From the point of view of meaning, there are in some of the dogina interesting metaphorical turns of speech, such as the descriptions of time in the Kaygagabile spell, where the difference in speed between the magician and his companions is expressed by allusions to the morning and evening sun, couched in figurative speech.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

“Be at ease,” said Charmolue with a smile; “I’ll buckle him down again for you on the leather bed when I get home.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Means: Caesar dandō sublevandō īgnōscundō, Catō nihil largiundō glōriam adeptus est , S. C. 54, 3, Caesar gained reputation by giving, helping, and pardoning, Cato by lavishing no gifts .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

P. 66, l. 1176, The cry turned strangely to its opposite.]—The notion was that an evil spirit could be scared away by loud cheerful shouts— ololugæ .
— from Medea of Euripides by Euripides

Comprehending that her strength was quitting her, and that the struggle of her life was almost ended, she could neither reason out the means of getting back to her protectors, nor even form the idea.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

I have known cases of the most flagrant nature, where after every effort has been made for the captain, and yet a verdict rendered against him, and all other hope failed, this appeal has been urged, and with such success that the punishment has been reduced to something little more than nominal, the court not seeming to consider that it might be made in almost every such case that could come before them.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

At one o'clock the wind with sudden shift Threw the ship right into the trough of the sea, Which struck her aft, and made an awkward rift, Started the stern-post, also shatter'd the Whole of her stern-frame, and, ere she could lift Herself from out her present jeopardy, The rudder tore away: 't was time to sound The pumps, and there were four feet water found.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

[v] Dedicated To the Great Brotherhood of the Clergy who, with self-sacrifice, devotion, and lack of personal profit, have consecrated their lives to the education and development of the youths of all English speaking countries .
— from Famous Discoverers and Explores of America Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

Was it not, now, a mighty goodness that would surmount those high mountains of demerit, and elevate such creatures by the depression of his Son?
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

I was so wide awake that I distinctly heard my watch ticking on the table, and a cricket chirping somewhere a long way off; but as the last stroke of twelve sounded, hollow and faint, from a church-clock in the distance, measured footfalls began to walk up and down the room, and at every step came the sounds of sobbing and sighing, growing louder and louder, till they were like the heart-breaking cries of some creature in deadly pain or peril, and then there came a scuffling and a scratching on the outside of the door, and a dog whimpered and moaned, in tones that were almost human.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

He aye liked to have his things as handsome as any gentleman, and liker he was in all his ways to a gentleman than any one of his standing, and even so came of it.”
— from The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day by Walter Scott

It has been found to contain a small portion of neutral salt—probably muriate of soda—and an earthy salt, chiefly calcareous.
— from The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2 by W. (William) Finden

They can, however, be seen sufficiently well—notwithstanding their deplorable condition—to prove that some of the great mysterious Flemish-Portuguese masters of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries must have painted them.
— from Through Portugal by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume