Of learning, languages, of eloquence, And Poësie, (past rauishing of sense,)
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

To my surprise the animal went within a hair's breadth of a plow, passing right on, seemingly not either to care for red paint or iron construction.
— from Fox Trapping: A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot A Valuable Book for Trappers by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

Said it was a pale pink ribbon or something with a little silver 'do-funny' on it!"
— from The Ramblin' Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman

For at this point the railway passes into a purely pastoral region of sheep and muircocks, where even farms and cot-houses are scarcer than in any other part of the lowlands of Scotland.
— from Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City: His Progress and Adventures by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

A fine fan and a fine closet and a very fine handkerchief and quite a fine article all these together shows where there has been plenty of rebuke and plenty of expectation and plenty, plentifully reduction of suspension, and so the season is the same and there is every corner.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

It is implied that the present distress is but a passing phase, resting on some misunderstanding; meantime, the example of apostolic constancy should yield strong reassurance.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Use a low power, and observe the contrast between the bright, smooth round of the sunward edge, which has almost the polish of a golden rim, and the irregular and delicately shaded inner curve, where the adjacent mountains and plains picturesquely reflect or subdue the sunshine.
— from Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss