What man could travel on a road like this, and not shudder to hear the name of an earthquake mentioned; particularly when he looks on the broken and rugged rocks, and supposes that one of those dreadful convulsions of the earth may have opened the road on which he treads, and that such another shock would bury him in the ruins!
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

Her name was called Minnie Pilato responded Bernard she was rarther far back [Pg 40] but a real relation and she was engaged to the earl of Tullyvarden only it did not quite come off.
— from The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan by Daisy Ashford

He smote the water bravely and reached Reykjanes after sunset.
— from The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga by Unknown

He had a genius for conversation; in fact, he was one of the two or three best conversationists I have ever known, and his influence on my thinking, both as regards religious and secular questions, was thoroughly good.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

But there is a kind of bastard small Roach, that breeds in ponds, with a very forked tail, and of a very small size; which some say is bred by the Bream and right Roach; and some ponds are stored with these beyond belief; and knowing-men, that know their difference, call them Ruds: they differ from the true Roach, as much as a Herring from a Pilchard.
— from The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

Peering over the river bank they could see that a great hole had been blown in its bed, and rocks riven and split in every direction.
— from The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser by John Henry Goldfrap

Then I shall be a real rancher and something is going to happen!"
— from Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer

The traveller in whose interests I began this book and who has so frequently been forgotten during the writing of it, might very well protest here that I have not yet been all round Rügen, and should not, therefore, talk of closes to my journey.
— from The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth Von Arnim