that overrul’d I oversway’d, Leading him prisoner in a red rose chain: Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d,
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

They have for the most part become Latins, 1112 and received Roman colonists; so that a short time only is wanted before they will be all Romans.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Splints, of which an immense number were necessary even for the very short period in which we were actually engaged in the conduct of the war, formed a real Red Cross specialty.
— from With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort by Edward Hungerford

See Aldebaran like a red rose clamber, See brave Betelgeux pranked with poppy light; This young earth must float in floods of amber Glowing with a crocus flame in the dells of night.
— from Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems by Duncan Campbell Scott

She haf maids enough!" whispered the gazers, as Rachel, Rhody, Chloe, Sarah, brought up the rear with their mistress's belongings.
— from The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark by Eva Emery Dye

And how, O highly exalted lady, O thou that wast born in a royal race, could such reprehensible fatuity take possession of thy senses?
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume One. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki

The prisoner was carrying a top coat, and was dressed in a dark coat and grey trousers, underneath which he was wearing a white shirt, an under flannel and a Rob Roy Crimean shirt.
— from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. (Henry Brodribb) Irving