Even the poor bittern and heron, harmless and worthless, flap to and fro from one to another now unsafe retreat, in constant danger of death from every booby gunner who can cover their slow flight.
— from In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland Evans Robinson

But, strange as it may seem, the chronicles yet record that all this treasure was as nothing unto Rustem in comparison with the joy in battle, the delight in conquest which he now knew for the first time outside his dreams.
— from The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi by Elizabeth D. Renninger

But the praise and gifts of the Shah were as nothing unto Rustem in comparison with the welcome home which he received.
— from The Story of Rustem, and other Persian hero tales from Firdusi by Elizabeth D. Renninger

On the following day the Prince inspected the Royal Navy dockyard, and placed a wreath upon the grave of the late Admiral Napier, until recently in command of the Royal West Indian squadron, who was one of [239] the victims of an outbreak of typhoid in these islands.
— from Down Under with the Prince by Everard Cotes