All these contrasted conditions may be seen in one day, or each may endure for a day; and the dark days last nearly all the winter.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

"Are the Dedlocks down here, Lawrence?" said my guardian as we drove along and Mr. Boythorn trotted on the green turf by the roadside.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

You cannot expect to be able to draw definitely and clearly from memory, at least at first, although your aim should always be to draw as frankly and clearly as you can.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

Again, some highly expressive movements result from the endeavour to cheek or prevent other expressive movements; thus the obliquity of the eyebrows and the drawing down of the corners of the mouth follow from the endeavour to prevent a screaming-fit from coming on, or to cheek it after it has come on.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

At that instant Mitya suddenly stood up [pg 854] and cried in a heartrending voice, stretching his hands out before him: “I swear by God and the dreadful Day of Judgment I am not guilty of my father's blood!
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The remote object, on which every eye was fixed, became each moment larger, and more distinct; the Roman and Gothic banners were gradually perceived; and a favorable wind blowing aside the dust, discovered, in deep array, the impatient squadrons of Aetius and Theodoric, who pressed forwards to the relief of Orleans.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In addition to direct defense costs, the violence has led to a sharp decline in investor confidence.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"You'll French it alone, then," Dave declared.
— from Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

I know no harm of it, but there are weak souls that can't master themselves, and the drink drags them down.
— from Strangers and Wayfarers by Sarah Orne Jewett

The sentence of death against Georges and his accomplices was not pronounced till the 10th of June 1804, and the Due d'Enghien was shot on the 21st of March, before the trials were even commenced.
— from Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 07 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

As the day drew to its close, "the wearied huntsmen, with their fair attendants, returned, 'midst the sounds of martial music and the low whispered roundelays of the ladies, victorious to the castle."
— from Strange Pages from Family Papers by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger….
— from In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Hewlett

The wide-winged sea-birds droop from closing skies, And hover near the water, circling low, As the day dies.
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

The terms of the marriage contract were broken, and the dame departed, summoning with her her seven cows, her two oxen, and the bull.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

At two days' distance lies ancient Harrān, where twenty Jews live [113] .
— from The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin, of Tudela, active 12th century