It had prominent front teeth, a high nose, a long upper lip, a receding jaw; it had dull, cold, stupid, selfish green eyes, like a pike's, that swerved neither to right nor left, but looked steadily over peoples' heads as it stalked along in its pride of impeccable British self-righteousness.
— from Peter Ibbetson by George Du Maurier

“Take a cloth and let us land and run along the banks for a mile, and have a bath before the boat comes along.”
— from The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Towed in by friendly aid, here we are, then, precious Emily, refitting: and, as it must be a week yet before we can be ready, I have taken my old woman to a lodging upon land, and rejoice (what have I to do with joy?) to see her speedily recovering."
— from The Twins: A Domestic Novel by Martin Farquhar Tupper

And here’s the picture of old Randlebury, with you at your window, and me lying on the grass (and looking uncommonly like a recently felled tree).
— from The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed

Far away from grief and care, High up in the mountain air, Let us live and reign alone, In a world that's all our own.
— from The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Arthur Sullivan

The coal heap, under a window fifteen feet away, loomed up like a rugged crag of basaltic rock.
— from Romance of California Life Illustrated by Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic and Humorous by John Habberton