Afterwards, the Count, Emily, Cavigni, and the Signora, sung canzonettes, accompanied by a couple of lutes and a few other instruments.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Pamakani abound throughout the crater, even clinging as tiny starvelings in small cracks in cliffs, like those along Halemauu Trail.
— from Hawaii National Park: A Guide for the Haleakala Section, Island of Maui, Hawaii by George Cornelius Ruhle

He can easily comprehend also the struggle of the better self to rule over the worse self.
— from The Minister and the Boy: A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work by Allan Hoben

Rigby was not a professional man; indeed, his origin, education, early pursuits, and studies, were equally obscure; but he had contrived in good time to squeeze himself into parliament, by means which no one could ever comprehend, and then set up to be a perfect man of business.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"You shall quickly know that there is an edict of the most clement emperors, commanding all to sacrifice to the gods, or be put to death."
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

The methods for constructing each class are the same, and are so very simple that it seems hardly necessary to explain them.
— from Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them by Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster

(stand): (1) stand, stage, statue, stall, stationary, state, reinstate, station, forestall, instant, instance, distance, constant, withstand, understand, circumstance, estate, establish, substance, obstacle, obstinate, destiny, destination, destitute, substitute, superstition, desist, persist, resist, insist, assist, exist, consistent, stead, rest, restore, restaurant, contrast; (2) stature, statute, stadium, stability, instable, static, statistics, ecstasy, stamen, stamina, standard, stanza, stanchion, capstan, extant, constabulary, apostate, transubstantiation, status quo, armistice, solstice, interstice, institute, restitution, constituent, subsistence, pre-existence, presto.
— from The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor

Hugh placed his “Pipes” carefully in his hat, for the present, and then led the way to the pretty cedar skiff, with its luxurious cane east chair at the stern, in which she took her seat, with a little inward wonder whether she were doing quite right, and the skiff was soon rapidly cleaving its way through the glassy water under the quick strokes of Hugh’s oar.
— from Down the River to the Sea by Agnes Maule Machar

The chief engineer commends also the ship steward for the manner in which he made the little food they had last, the cheery spirit he manifested, and the great help he was to the captain by keeping the men in good humour.
— from Notes on Life & Letters by Joseph Conrad