I could not Sleep for the noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks &c. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[204] not unlike those used by Chief Justice Holt in Coggs v. Bernard, but distinctly confines their application to common carriers.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Following them, I came to a lone and languid region, where the grass-grown ways were traveled but by drowsy cattle, that, less waked than stirred by day, seemed to walk in sleep.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

himbà v [B2; b6] decrease considerably in quantity or volume.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"Seemed to me from my hand whelps I let slip; lacking cause of joy, both of them howled: seemed to me their bodies became dead carcases: of the carrion I was compelled to eat."
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

[74] to you beforehand, so each of you may have leisure to think of some goodly story to relate upon the theme proposed, the which, an it please you, shall be on this wise; namely, seeing that since the beginning of the world men have been and will be, until the end thereof, bandied about by various shifts of fortune, each shall be holden to tell OF THOSE WHO AFTER BEING BAFFLED BY DIVERS CHANCES HAVE WON AT LAST TO A JOYFUL ISSUE BEYOND THEIR HOPE."
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

But by degrees closer relations sprang up between them and Sonia.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In 1828, although homely and unintelligent, he married the beautiful Bathilde de Chargeboeuf, who inspired in him an old man's foolish passion.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Instead of thanks I must drive thee away; but, before departing, come, let thy King embrace thee!
— from The Cid by Pierre Corneille

Turn into a buttered baking dish, cover with grated cheese, and bake in the oven until thoroughly "set" and a nice brown.
— from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs by S. T. Rorer

[1223] The ordinance of Moulins specifically alluded to the growing popular nature of these confraternities: “Qu’on abolisse entièrement les confréries établies sous prétexte de religion parmi le petit peuple, les festins, les répas, les bâtons (bâtons de Confrérie,
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

Every station had its tap of water, and always a thirsty throng of natives from their crowded compartments would be seen clustering around it filling their bright brass drinking cups, which they 254 invariably carry, quenching their thirst and washing themselves.
— from India Impressions, With some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7. by Walter Crane

A wild fig-tree grows on it, stretching his branches down to the water: but beneath, ‘divine Charybdis’ three times each day absorbs and regorges the dark water.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt

But it is remarked both by Dr. Cramer (Asia Minor, vol.
— from History of Greece, Volume 09 (of 12) by George Grote

"I know you could; so, suppose we call it a bargain," Archie said, but before Daisy could reply Lady Jane's maid appeared coming down the broad walk.
— from Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

The men seized their arms; but, before Devens could get his regiments into position, the Rebels were approaching his right flank, firing quick volleys and yelling like savages.
— from The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin

Nunquam etiam lauant scutellos, imo carne cocta alueum in quo debent ponere eam lauant brodio bulliente de caldaria, et postea refundunt in caldariam; faciunt et filtrum et cooperiunt domos.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

One, two, three; moonlight showed a door that would be a worn blue by day, clearly a pensionnario.
— from The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt