Never had the sun of Asia shed its light upon so vast a multitude of warriors gathered for so deadly a conflict on July 28, 1402.
— from Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of Islam by Augustus Warner Williams

“And shall I lock up, sir; all but this door, I mean?”
— from Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The Roman dart was about three feet in length, and fitted with an extremely thin point about six inches long; upon striking any obstacle the point became so bent and distorted that it was of no use for hurling back again at the enemy.
— from British and Foreign Arms & Armour by Charles Henry Ashdown

It is alleged that the prisoners, taking advantage of a dark and rainy night, eluded the cordon of patrol boats and succeeded in landing upon Sandinsel.
— from The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

But, if you are still incredulous, let us see what can be done,” and jumping up, he carried the confession to the window, looked at it this way and that, and, finally discovering what he wanted, came back and, laying it before me, pointed out one of the lines of ruling which was markedly heavier than the rest, and another which was so faint as to be almost undistinguishable.
— from The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green

I was once a Simpling in the woods, on a fair Sun-shine day, when I saw a Snake crawling on a Tree that was fallen, and licking with its forked Tongue as it moved; I stood still to observe it, and saw it lick up small Insects and Flies with wonderful nimbleness, catching them betwixt the Forks of its Tongue.
— from Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3 containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries as they have been delivered in to the Royal Society by Royal Society (Great Britain)

127.]—but no two agree, and hardly one agrees with himself;—enough, the Powers of Europe, from Naples and Madrid to Russia and Sweden, have all signed it, let us say a Dozen or a Baker's-Dozen of them.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle