Et puis se dira li Papes de la dite chose: 'Elle est blanche,' si en jurera toute ladite gent: 'Il est voirs qu'elle est blanche; blanche est com noifs.'
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

it is true that we could even travel now on our return as far as the timbered country reaches, or to the falls of the river; but further it would be madness for us to attempt to proceede untill April, as the indians inform us that the snows lye knee deep in the plains of Columbia during the winter, and in these plains we could scarcely get as much fuel of any kind as would cook our provision as we descended the river; and even were we happyly over these plains and again in the woody country at the foot of the Rocky Mountains we could not possibly pass that immence barrier of mountains on which the snows ly in winter to the debth in many places of 20 feet; in short the Indians inform us that they are impracticable untill about the 1st of June, at which time even there is an abundance of snow but a scanty subsistence may be obtained for the horses.—we should not therefore forward ourselves on our homeward journey by reaching the rocky mountains early than the 1st of June, which we can easily effect by seting out from hence on the 1st of April.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Why should they be forced into so subordinate a role?—Why was humanity so jealous of its dominance that no other species could exist except by sufferance?
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

This was her last care every evening before she went to bed.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Ah! I had forgotten another thing, baron; I beg you will see that, during my absence, everything that can be found in the way of delicacies in fruit, vegetables, game, fine wines, confections, etc., etc., be sent on board ship.
— from A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue

The public is also recognizing that the purpose of goods and services is to promote individual and community welfare, and as fast as public policy to that end can be worked out, it is carrying emphasis even beyond specific products and services to the social ends for which these products and services exist.
— from Higher Education and Business Standards by Willard E. (Willard Eugene) Hotchkiss

College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic aptitude test.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

In a few moments, Captain Everard entered, bowed slightly, and looked to Mrs Oldcastle as if for an explanation.
— from Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by George MacDonald

There was little water in the bed of the torrent, and we crossed easily enough by stepping-stones.
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow

College Entrance Examination Board scholastic aptitude test.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

"When one looks at the Coliseum everything else becomes small; it is so great that one cannot keep its true image in one's soul; one only remembers it on a smaller scale, and returning thither again finds it again grown larger.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Whereupon, they straightway loved him, and grieved that their laps were too small, the which I cannot explain, except by saying that such is the way of women.
— from The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie