At Pau, the railroad ended when I was there; and who would go eastward had to take carriage, and go by the excellent road (all public roads in the south of France are excellent, and equal to our best English roads) over the high Landes to Tarbes; and on again over f
— from Prose Idylls, New and Old by Charles Kingsley

Getting up early is necessary not only because it is good to begin work early but because early rising overcomes the habit of gadding about at night which is customary in many villages.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

You think of your companions, of the moon being full, of having borrowed extra robes, of the hot bricks—Ah, there is a clue!
— from Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

The boys slept that night on mattresses laid on the floor of one of the big empty rooms of the house.
— from Belgium by George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

He rushed down the steep, calling out cheerfully for his companion to be careful of the inequalities over which he bounded like a deer, and at length stood panting on a curve of the beach, with his head uncovered and his wild, bright eyes roving over the harbor in search of the boat.
— from Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

Besides, he is told that "he should be extremely reserved on the head of pleasantry," and that "as to sallies of wit, it is still more dangerous to let them fly at random; but he may repeat the smart sayings of others if he will, or relate part of some droll adventure, to enliven his letter."
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

It seems an extraordinary case; the poor old man, by every rule, ought to have died weeks ago.
— from Will Warburton by George Gissing

Among these my attention was drawn to one whose head having fallen over the edge of the cart was endangered by every roll of the heavy wheel that grazed his very skull.
— from Jack Hinton: The Guardsman by Charles James Lever

Allen came readily enough, walking into the office, shorn of his London frills, but evidently retentive of the habit of keeping neat and clean.
— from The Guarded Heights by Wadsworth Camp