Pope himself tried an epic poem too, which happily came to nothing; but a similar ambition led to such works as Glover's Leonidas and The Epigoniad of the Scottish Homer Wilkie.
— from English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen

Instead of the aforetime Saturday-evening flutter and bustle and shopping and larking, the streets were empty and desolate.
— from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

It is borne up in the water by a substance almost like the swimming bladder of a fish in size and colour, having many strings from it under water, which prevent it from being overturned.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

After they are peeled, boil them in milk and water; if small, they will cook in half an hour; when they are done, pour off the water; put in cream, butter and salt, and let them stew a few minutes.
— from Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott) Lea

But, without courage to go back to the spring and face the Captain, he crouched down beneath the bushes and sat a long time staring through the leaves at the bright water of the brook.
— from Soldier Rigdale: How He Sailed in the Mayflower and How He Served Miles Standish by Beulah Marie Dix

He asked her whether she was yet betrothed; and she answered, laughingly, that she was free.
— from Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn

Mainly, the youngsters were metropolitan, but sometimes the guardians of distant towns in the North would arrange with the Board for one of their lads to be consigned to the training ship, who, being arrived, spoke a language that seemed to the London boys almost foreign.
— from A Son of the State by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge

He has burned part of his body, and the breath and sweat are like the smoke given off when a match is burned.
— from Health Lessons, Book 1 by Alvin Davison