Bright leader of glad sounds, she shines effulgent: Widely she has unclosed for us her portals.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

At one table, there were traces of chemical work, various measured heaps of some white salt being laid on glass saucers, as though for an experiment in which the unhappy man had been prevented.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

April 2, 1499, we find the cardinal and his sister again in Rome, where a nuptial contract was concluded in the Farnese palace between Laura Orsini, Giulia's seven-year-old daughter, and Federico Farnese, the twelve-year-old son of the deceased condottiere Raimondo Farnese, a nephew of Pier Paolo.
— from Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius

St. Paul calls it a mystery—a secret—which had been hidden from the foundation of the world till then, and was then revealed by God’s Spirit; namely, this boundless love of God, shown by Christ’s dying on the cross.
— from The Good News of God by Charles Kingsley

There was not much in this little speech, but it was spoken in a low, sweet voice; and Rachel looked down on the ferns before her feet, as they walked on side by side, not with a smile, but with a blush, and that beautiful look of gratification so becoming and indescribable.
— from Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I do not know about this "men from space" gimmick the science-fiction people try to peddle, but lots of good substantial citizens see flying cuspidors and I think to myself that maybe there is something to it.
— from The Flying Cuspidors by V. R. Francis

We had covered sixty miles that day, traveling light, our bedding lashed on gentle saddle horses.
— from Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories by Andy Adams