Then Roderick from the Douglas broke— As flashes flame through sable smoke, Kindling its wreaths, long, dark, and low, To one broad blaze of ruddy glow, So the deep anguish of despair Burst, in fierce jealousy, to air.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

The state whereon I studied Is, like a good thing being often read, Grown sere and tedious; yea, my gravity, Wherein- let no man hear me-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The band of robbers gradually swelled into a powerful army, gained a great victory over the troops of the Sultan Mohammed, and placed their chieftain upon the Persian throne, (1038.)
— from A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

Among the chief works of Miss Lewis are: “The Death of Cleopatra” that was exhibited in 1876 at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pa., “The Freed Woman”, “The Marriage of Hiawatha” and the bust of Robert Gould Shaw.
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

And it will be over rough ground, so I thought these shoes would be just the thing."
— from The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm by Laura Lee Hope

An oval basin of richest greensward set among low wooded hills.
— from A Strange World: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 3) by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

It is clear, however, that she had a great diversity of gifts, with a basis of rare good sense and moral elevation.
— from The Women of the French Salons by Amelia Gere Mason

The same day he appointed the Bishop of Ragusa, Giovanni Sacchi, Governor of Romagna and Bologna, and directed him to take possession of the province in the name of the Church, and he again called upon the cities to raise the papal standard.
— from Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance by John Leslie Garner