It came as near shore as it dared, and stopped.
— from The Cricket by Marjorie Benton Cooke

But we ask no such advantage in disproving any of the statements made by this father.
— from The Christ of Paul; Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by George Reber

When any thing approaches, it flattens itself in a moment, and its spots, which are of various dyes, become visibly brighter through rage; at the same time it blows from its mouth with great force a subtile wind, that is reported to be of a nauseous smell; and if drawn in with the breath of the unwary traveller, will infallibly bring on a decline, that in a few months must prove mortal, there being no remedy yet discovered which can counteract its baneful influence.
— from Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 by Jonathan Carver

Now it is all nicely settled, and I dare say you’ll find my lord has got nervous about some mere trifle.”
— from Amethyst: The Story of a Beauty by Christabel R. (Christabel Rose) Coleridge

The Guardian feels that you should write to the American National Spiritual Assembly in detail concerning the problem of Groups, Assemblies, etc. outside of Fairbanks.
— from High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska by Effendi Shoghi

There he has nothing, and the men he meets are not such as I desire that he should associate with.
— from In the Roar of the Sea by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

You are not strong, and I do not want to give you a shock of any sort."
— from Tinman by Tom Gallon

A15-167 On the basis of this communication, the Immigration and Naturalization Service at its Dallas, Tex., office instituted a field investigation on Lee Harvey Oswald.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

He, also, was on a night shift, and I did not see him at that time.
— from Upsidonia by Archibald Marshall