“Imprimis, That 11,000 acres of the wastle soil of the Forest of Dean, whereof the Lea Baily and Cannopp to be part of the said wastle, may be enclosed by his Majesty, and discharged for ever from all manner of pasture, estovers, and pannage; and if ever his Majesty, or his successors, shall think fit to lay open any part of the said 11,000 acres, then to take in so much elsewhere, so as the whole enclosure exceed not at any one time 11,000 acres.
— from The Forest of Dean: An Historical and Descriptive Account by H. G. (Henry George) Nicholls

Ah, they were eager enough now.
— from Daughters of Destiny by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

42 are the words: ‘et est nunc temporis scilicet anno domini 1266.’
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

The period of federal construction is long-passed; questions of constitutional interpretation are no longer regarded as of pressing urgency, the war has been fought, even the embers of its issues being now almost extinguished; and we are left to that unexciting but none the less capitally important business of every-day peaceful development and judicious administration to whose execution every nation in its middle age has to address itself with what sagacity, energy, and prudence it can command.
— from Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson

There was no time for that, he said, and they would either earn new clothes for themselves that day, or never need doublet and hose again any more in the world.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

" It was easy to make an excuse for wandering about the house, and together we examined every nook and corner, from the cold, gloomy cellars to dark and stuffy holes in the roof.
— from Highway Pirates; or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery