I have not been able to learn to what extent books in this kind of mixed language are extant.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

He walked on a few steps, but looking wistfully down the long vista of gas-lamps before him, and thinking how long it would take to reach the end of it and being besides in that kind of mood in which a man is most disposed to yield to his first impulse—and being, besides, strongly attracted to the hotel, in part by curiosity, and in part by some odd mixture of feelings which he would have been troubled to define—Nicholas turned back again, and walked into the coffee-room.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Ah! how astonished they would be if they knew of my marriage!
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

THE TRAGEDY OF HERRENHAUSEN Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea He was accounted something of a scamp throughout Europe, and particularly in England, where he had been associated with his brother in the killing of Mr. Thynne.
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series by Rafael Sabatini

[Pg 191] If I offered to lie for the sake of a post, Was I to be blamed if the king offered most?
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 2 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau

I do not believe in that kind of magic, nor have I any use for miracles, outside the one great miracle of Life.
— from Highland Ballad by Christopher Leadem

But out beyond, in the kanaka, or man, surf, no one ventured.
— from On the Makaloa Mat/Island Tales by Jack London

Being more remote, they had shared less than some of their brethren in the kindness of Mr. Kinzie and his family, and consequently their friendly regard was not so strong.
— from The Fort Dearborn Massacre Written in 1814 by Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, One of the Survivors, with Letters and Narratives of Contemporary Interest by Linai T. (Linai Taliaferro) Helm

For our own part we believe in Christmas, because we believe in the kindness of man to man, in genial good-humour, in unselfishness, and the liking of wholesome natures to give happiness; and so far as we have gone yet we have seen no reason to change our views.
— from Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 730 December 22, 1877 by Various