‘Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.’
— from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

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— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

He was y e cheefe of those that were taken at Boston, and suffered y e greatest loss; and of y e seven that were kept longst in prison, and after bound over to y e assises.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

An hour later, gathered about the camp fire, the band of bronzed and stalwart young Englishmen listened raptly to the story told by Beresford.
— from The Old Man of the Mountain by Herbert Strang

And, when they had finished, he turned to the youngest brother and said: 'Your exploits, young sir, are the most extraordinary of all I have heard.
— from Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations by Edmund Dulac

“Now,” continued Jack, when this had been accomplished, “start your engine slowly and we’ll try and beach her over yonder.
— from Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; Or, The Struggle for the Leadership by Louis Arundel

‘ My dear Sir ,—The box of books arrived safely yesterday evening, and I feel especially obliged for the selection, as it includes several that will be acceptable and interesting to my father.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

Now turn your face away from the fire as it was before and shut your eyes again.
— from The Wagner Story Book: Firelight Tales of the Great Music Dramas by William Henry Frost

One writer of the time (1781) appealed boldly to the experience of sixty years: “Upon the first introduction of inoculation, physicians, divines, and innumerable other writers [who were they?] cried out that the infection would be spread, and the community suffer a greater loss; but after sixty years’ experience, we should expect those arguments, as well as the writers, had all died away, and
— from A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time by Charles Creighton

"Turn your back and shut you' eyes," called out Hetty.
— from Bolax, Imp or Angel—Which? by Josephine Culpeper