The place chosen was a convenient spot among the pens, at the north side of the fair, not so far distant as to be impervious to the agreeable hubbub of that vanity; but remote enough not to be obvious to the interruption of every gaping spectator in it.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

They live naturally, and are vegetarians mostly, while the Northern Esquimaux are meat-eaters, but both races eat naturally to sustain life, hence their immunity from that disease.
— from Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & Cure by Henry Lindlahr

A splendid supply of water had been developed by Royal Engineers near the ruins of a Crusader fortress which, if native tradition may be relied on, housed Richard of the Lion Heart.
— from How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine by W. T. (William Thomas) Massey

The danger is in the attacks being repeated every night till the loss of blood becomes serious.
— from Travels on the Amazon by Alfred Russel Wallace

They were the two reporters, Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet, no longer traveling companions, but rivals, enemies, now that they were working on the field of battle.
— from Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne

The members of each house shall not be eligible to or capable of holding any office under the Union during the time for which they have been respectively elected nor the members of the Senate for one Year after— The members of each house shall be paid for their services by the State's which they represent— Every bill which shall have passed the Legislature shall be presented to the President of the United States for his revision—if he approves it he shall sign it—but if he does not approve it
— from The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught by Charles C. Nott

Grades and Traffic Density These two schedules illustrate a fact which could be readily proved by repeated examples, namely, that local rates in California were and are first based on the element of distance.
— from Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific by Stuart Daggett

“Upon entrance into these camps, newcomers were forced to work either at an adjoining war factory or were placed ‘in commando’ on various jobs in the vicinity, being returned each night to their stall in the barracks.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 3 by Various

Music by Roy E. Nolte, text by Edith Sanford Tillotson.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

"Shut the buik an' let it open itsel, an' ye 'ill get a bit a've been readin' every nicht the laist month."
— from A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 4 by Ian Maclaren

The notes taken at the time were very scanty, and my recollections were confused, inasmuch as I was labouring under a constantly-recurring attack of sickness, which was only kept at bay by resolute endeavours not to give way; but which rendered observation and record, in addition to hunting and the usual toils of marching, impossible.
— from At Home with the Patagonians A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro by George C. Musters