Then Ráma, with his spirit moved, The Vánar king in turn reproved: “Why dost thou, Báli, thus revile, And castest not a glance the while On claims of duty, love, and gain, And customs o'er the world that reign?
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The commerce of Dublin, Limerick, and Galway, especially in the article of wine, which was already largely imported, may have made those ports and their merchants somewhat known on the coasts of France and Spain.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

The poor fellow cast one despairing look at Gerald, and sank again.
— from Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various

It won't be suggestive, like the Judge's conversation; yet if one tries to teach conscientiously one does learn a great deal.
— from Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

For a while they went through the woods, which were composed of big trees standing a goodish distance from one another, with the Centaur's gilded hoofs rustling and sinking in a thick carpet of dead leaves, all gray and brown, in level stretches that were unbroken by any undergrowth.
— from Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell

It is not a beautiful building; but in its structure and its inner equipments it is interesting as showing the character of Dutch life and government.
— from The Mentor: Holland, v. 2, Num. 6, Serial No. 58 May 1, 1914 by Dwight L. (Dwight Lathrop) Elmendorf

"Insensibly and imperceptibly," he said, "there came a glow into my heart which changed the current and color of daily life, and gave a beauty to common things."
— from Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century by Virginia Tatnall Peacock