Seuthes answered:—he had but one fault to find with him, that he was too much the soldiers' friend, which also was the cause why things went wrong with him, whether as regards us Lacedaemonians or himself, Seuthes.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

J AMES R USSELL L OWELL .
— from Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

The first act of the police on the mistaken identification of the body had been to commence a search in certain low haunts where Dwire had at times been seen, and they had come upon an axe recently used lying on a wood-pile in the possession of a French sailor, commonly called “Matelot Jack,” who was the bar tender of a drinking-shop.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths

And the last thing that I would say is, let this double process going on all round us lift our thoughts to Him who lives for ever.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

Swell ½ lb. in broth or water; put a thick layer at the bottom of a deep dish, buttered all round, then a layer of beef steak cut thin, or thin slices spread with forcemeat, and rolled up like olives; season the beef, then another layer of maccaroni, then more beef, the top layer maccaroni; pour over gravy or water to fill the dish, and cover with a thin {234} crust, and bake it.
— from The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping by Anne Cobbett

The monument is a remarkably ugly lump of stone, which perhaps was meant for a fountain, but there is no water.
— from The Life of the Moselle From its source in the Vosges Mountains to its junction with the Rhine at Coblence by Octavius Rooke

The Indians gave us the hearty welcome of the wilderness and received us like old friends.
— from The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

Ships have gone down, and bags of gold, And copper and silver and riches untold Lie on the bottom of the fathomless deep, Where so many souls have gone to sleep.
— from St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various

The animal reared up, lashed out behind once or twice, and then went off at a gallop.
— from The Curse of Carne's Hold: A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty