No cloud upon the naked sky, No ripple on the lake below; But o'er the sluggish waters hung A phosphorescent glow, That suddenly, all quivering wan, As smitten with the throes of birth, Upheaving, vanished, to reveal A phantom not of earth— A lily wonderful as light, Unfolded on the balmy deep, And, cradled in its bosom, lay A presence lost in sleep.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various

And wee doe gaunt to the sayd sir Humfrey, his heirs and assignes, and to all and euery of them, and to all and euery other person and persons, being of our allegiance, whose names shall be noted or entred in some of our courts of Record, within this our Realme of England, and that with the assent of the said sir Humfrey, his heires or assignes, shall nowe in this iourney for discouerie, or in the second iourney for conquest hereafter, trauel to such lands, countries and territories as aforesaid, and to their and euery of their heires: that they and euery or any of them being either borne within our sayd Realmes of England or Ireland, or within any other place within our allegiance, and which hereafter shall be inhabiting within any the lands, countreys and territories, with such licence as aforesayd, shall, and may haue, and enioy all priuileges of free denizens and persons natine of England, and within our allegiance: any law, custome, or vsage to the contrary notwithstanding.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12 America, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

Where totem and phratry names only exist, a man has merely to ask a woman, "What is your phratry name?"
— from The Secret of the Totem by Andrew Lang

These two manuscripts are probably not of equal antiquity.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

If there was to be a public gathering of the settlers of any kind and for any purpose, no one ever asked where the place of meeting was to be, for all knew it was to be at the cook house.
— from Blazing the Way; Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny

The population, therefore, at present numbers only eleven adult male members, eight female, and seven children.
— from History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

The curator is glad to show any prints not on exhibition and to assist the student in every way possible.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

The conclusion which draws out and affirms what was involved, but not affirmed, in the premiss, is an advance in the order of thought, a step of progress, and not merely an idle repetition, and the syllogism, as a whole, moves the mind onward from the starting-point to a position not otherwise explicitly and positively reached.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven

When he had reached a sufficient height he placed the indicator to a point north of east and, with a steady and remarkably swift flight, began his journey.
— from The Master Key An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum