It was a continual scratching, as if made by a huge claw, a powerful tooth, or some iron instrument attacking the stones.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Accordingly, they landed part of their men well harnessed and armed with crossbows and posted them on such wise that none might come down from the bark, an he would not be shot; whilst the rest, warping themselves in with small boats and aided by the current, laid Landolfo's little ship aboard and took it out of hand, crew and all, without missing a man.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The monopoly of the colony trade, too, has forced some part of the capital of Great Britain from all foreign trade of consumption to a carrying trade; and, consequently from supporting more or less the industry of Great Britain, to be employed altogether in supporting partly that of the colonies, and partly that of some other countries.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Though Ænone musingly gazed upon his face and listened to his voice, until the realities of the present seemed to shrink away, and the fancies of other years stole softly back, and, with involuntary action, her hand gently toyed with his curls and parted them one side, as she had once been accustomed to do, it was with no love for him that she did it now.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

One of these narratives contained a phantom troop of skeleton horsemen, a grisly squadron, which came like an icy wind out of the darkness, striking terror to the hearts of the renegades and savages, only to vanish with clatter of bones, and click of hoofs.
— from A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

The woman, though she looked to be little more than fifty years of age, drew out spectacles of silver from an old leather case, and putting them on, spelled out the coin: "George—three—eighteen—eighteen hunderd-and-fifteen!"
— from The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend

Here the view discloses vast stretches of upland meadows, orchards of cherry and plum trees, old stone highways that lose themselves in the valleys to appear again like slender paths where they cross some distant hill.
— from See America First by Charles J. Herr

One serving 89 3.14 10 25 65 [B] Potatoes, steamed One serving 101 3.57 11 1 88 [B] Potatoes, chips One-half serving 17 .6 4 63 33 [B] Potatoes, sweet, cooked Half of average potato 49 1.7 6 9 85 [B] Pumpkins, edible portion, average 380 13. 15 4 81 Radishes, as purchased 480 17. 18 3 79 Rhubarb, edible portion, average 430 15. 10 27 63 [B] Spinach, cooked, as purchased Two ordinary servings 174 6.1 15 66 19 [B] Squash, edible portion, average 210 7.4 12 10 78 [B] Succotash, canned, as purchased, average Ordinary serving 100 3.5 15 9 76 [B] Tomatoes, fresh, as purchased, average Four average tomatoes 430 15. 15 16 69 [B] Tomatoes, canned 431 15.2 21 7 72 [B] Turnips, edible portion, average Two large servings 246 8.7 13 4 83 Vegetable oysters 273 9.62 10 51 39 FRUITS (FRESH OR COOKED)
— from How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher

The American regiments were six days in reaching Caloocan, a prosperous town only six miles north of Manila; a mile a day, every foot stubbornly contested.
— from Winning the Wilderness by Margaret Hill McCarter

We then petitioned for a fire; and presently our smiling hostess brought us an apron full of fir cones, and placing them on some chips upon the large open stone hearth, we had a brisk crackling blaze, over which to warm and dry our damp garments.
— from A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Gertrude Forde

She went about putting the things in little cans and placing them on shelves or in the dilapidated little cupboard that stood in a corner.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

[3] These cauldrons walled into the sides of the churches are probably the old sacrificial cauldrons of the Teutons and Norse.
— from Strange Survivals: Some Chapters in the History of Man by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould