So when the young man awoke, he found himself in the Castle, and no longer in that Paradise; whereat he was not over well pleased.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Howbeit, Haloön commanded a certain captain of his that he should take 10,000 Tartars who had been left in garrison in Persia, and with them lay siege to the said castle, and not leave it till he had taken it.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

How readily would I have sacrificed them all, just to be able to cry, all night long, in the arms of Mamma!
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

I have told my tale and run my (paper) chase, and now leave it to my umpires, the British and American readers, to decide whether, as Stratford has been pulled up and Bacon distanced, I may not claim from every unprejudiced mind that Sherley has been well ridden and won in a canter.
— from William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground by Scott F. (Scott Frederick) Surtees

Here, too, rise the stately turrets of the spacious new hospital styled the Verplanck Emigrant Hospital, in honor of the great philanthropist, for such his constant and noiseless labors in this department of charity entitle him to be called.
— from A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, May 17th, 1870 by William Cullen Bryant

After crossing a narrow lake in the canoes and marching a short distance, they reached a tree-covered spot from which they could see the town and the fort.
— from Stories of Later American History by Wilbur F. (Wilbur Fisk) Gordy

Their meanness would drag down your deed to be a compromise with conscience, and not leave it to be done on the high table-land of the benevolent soul.
— from Journal 01, 1837-1846 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 07 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

Not so much as a cat upon the Avignon road—all the doors closed, and no lights in the casements.
— from Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse Daudet

The public roads in the interior parts of the country are no less inconvenient, they being in general very steep of ascent; narrow, and subject to breaking in.
— from The History of the Island of Dominica Containing a Description of Its Situation, Extent, Climate, Mountains, Rivers, Natural Productions, &c. &c. by Thomas Atwood

Books on any subject, written by persons who avow by association their bad opinion of slavery, are not purchased: clergymen are no longer invited to preach: the proprietors of public rooms will not let them to members of such associations; and the churches are shut against them.
— from Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

Marge sat at the right of the hostess, where he could closely observe the young man from the country, and, not less important, Tramlay’s manner toward the younger guest.
— from Country Luck by John Habberton