There is, however, a notable work which is ascribed to a rather early date in the 14th century, and which, though it contains no reference to Polo by name, shows a thorough acquaintance with his book, and borrows themes largely from it This is the poetical Romance of Bauduin de Sebourc, an exceedingly clever and vivacious production, partaking largely of that bantering, half-mocking spirit which is, I believe, characteristic of many of the later mediaeval French Romances.[14]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

"Bear-skins FIVE SHILLINGS each, and——" "That's all right enough," Dave interrupted, "but——" "Of COURSE it's all right enough NOW," Dad yelled, "now when we see it."
— from On Our Selection by Steele Rudd

The sugar-bowl and cups had a form and capacity never before seen; the tea-service was decorated with the history of an amorous pastoral; the plate, garnished with small slices of lemon, bore on its centre a rhymed enigma, done in black letters.
— from The Triumph of Death by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Us clean them li'l birds good and rub 'em down in lard.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

The blood which hath imbrued Earth's breast, since first men met in war, may hope Yet to be formed again and reascend, Each drop its individual vein; the foam bubble, Sun-drawn out of the sea into the clouds, To scale the cataract down which it fell; But for the lost to rise to or regain Heaven,—or to hope it,—is impossible."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 by Various

In the year 1801 was found by the chief coxswain of the "Naturalist" (a ship commanded by Captain Hamelin on a voyage of discovery performed by order of the Emperor Napoleon I), at Shark's Bay, on the coast of West Australia, a pewter plate about six inches in diameter, bearing a roughly engraved Dutch inscription, of which the following is a translation: "1616 "On the 25th of October arrived here the ship 'Endraght', of Amsterdam; first supercargo Gilles Miebas Van Luck; Captain Dirk Hartog, of Amsterdam.
— from Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by George Forbes

Just rowing and bathing, and a ride every day in a big omnibus.
— from A Modern Cinderella by Amanda M. Douglas

Danvers proceeded on her mission, and Redworth eyed Diana in the first fire-glow.
— from Diana of the Crossways — Complete by George Meredith

He sought a spot where committee meetings and mosquitoes and dust and noise are unknown; where he could have unlimited supplies of fresh vegetables, milk, cream, johnny-cake and cornmeal mush; where he could tickle his lungs with the breath of the sea, and, above all, where the trout hold a reception every day in the week—except Sunday.
— from Days in the Open by Lathan A. (Lathan Augustus) Crandall