Here one day I saw about a dozen sheldrakes in the midst of an immense congregation of rooks, daws, and starlings feeding among some cows.
— from Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

A nun demure, of lowly port; Or sprightly maiden of love's court, In thy simplicity the sport Of all temptations; A queen in crown of rubies dressed A starveling in a scanty vest; Are all, as seem to suit thee best, Thy appellations.
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

'For with close following and continuance 'One reason doth another so ensue, [245] 'As in conclusion still the daunce is true.
— from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. by Davies, John, Sir

Hence Humboldt has concluded that the formation of gold-veins, and consequently of diamonds, is comparatively of recent date, and scarcely anterior to the destruction of the mammoths.
— from Curiosities of Science, Past and Present A Book for Old and Young by John Timbs

Whirlwinds thought to be demons or spirits, i. 331 n. 2 Whit-Monday, custom observed by Russian girls on, ii. 80; the Leaf King at Hildesheim on, ii. 85; the King in Bohemia on, ii. 85; the king's game on, ii. 89, 103; custom of rolling down a slope on, ii. 103; pretence of beheading leaf-clad man on, iv. 207 sq. ; pretence of beheading the king on, iv.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

But, then,—this coalition of resources Demands a strong and active Cabinet To aid your Majesty's directive hand; And thus I urge again the said additions— These brilliant intellects of the other side Who stand by Fox.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy