These beautiful trees usually grow amid clumps of dark evergreens such as bay, magnolia, and myrtle, and the effect was very striking.
— from Bill Bolton—Flying Midshipman by Noel Sainsbury

'Zuanstroom has brought with him the biggest cargo of diamonds ever seen; and, as Mr Armeath said, trouble was sure to follow.
— from A Trip to Mars by Frank Aubrey

“There—now ’tis the voice of Tom Rain once again!” cried Old Death, evidently shuddering as he spoke.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

For instance, in the case of a commander who has been ordered to "interrupt enemy trade on the southern maritime routes", he might develop one operation "to bomb enemy facilities at Port X", and another "to capture or destroy enemy shipping along trade routes" (with an indication of the routes involved).
— from Sound Military Decision by Naval War College (U.S.)

The young female artists have excited the admiration of their teachers and examiners by the remarkable perfection to which they carry ornamental designs, especially such as may be derived from flowers, fruits, and leaves.
— from Travels in South Kensington with Notes on Decorative Art and Architecture in England by Moncure Daniel Conway

but one possible ally who had a chance of doing effectual service, and that was Henry of Navarre and the Protestants.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by François Guizot

On the under side of the lower wings is a white spot of the form of a C. "This spot," says old Geoffroy, "caused this butterfly to have the name of gamma given to it, and its colour of Diable enrhumé ( sic ), as also the singular cut of its wings, has caused it to be called by others Robert le Diable ."
— from The Insect World Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species by Louis Figuier