The sultan has therefore a choice of two routes, and nobody seems to know beforehand which way he will come.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, July, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

On the other hand, no class of Brahmans sinks so far below the average of respectability, among their countrymen, as do the lower clergy of the Roman and Neapolitan States.
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur

And how old Hillton would choose out the ripest and neatest sheaves of grain to help us in our harvest decorations!
— from The Gentle Persuasion: Sketches of Scottish Life by Alan Gray

But Betty did not stir from her stool even when her companion had crossed over the room and now stood holding out her long fur coat, waiting for her to put her arms inside it.
— from The Camp Fire Girls in After Years by Margaret Vandercook

In about an hour afterwards they lost sight of their companions on the raft, and never saw them more.
— from Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly

Nowhere had she heard again the croaking of the raven, and now she could descry neither of Nial's three birds of omen.
— from Pharais; and, The Mountain Lovers by William Sharp

Startled from their sleep by the surprise of their comrades on their right, and naturally shaken by the disordered rush of the fugitives through their ranks, his men, old soldiers and good soldiers as they were, gave way at the first onset, before the fire of Gordon had become heavy and almost without stopping to return it.
— from History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin

"Like the sudden swell of a cataract or the rapids at night," said another.
— from Ways of Wood Folk by William J. (William Joseph) Long

A veritable gambling game was holly-gull, but they gambled for innocent Indian-corn instead of the coin of the realm, and nobody suspected it.
— from Pembroke: A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

And he was ordered to France in command of the 'Ranger', a new ship then fitting at Portsmouth.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill