But a spot of ground on which the good woman stood, after escaping from the doomed city, remained at its normal level, and it stands to-day in the midst of the lake, an island called Niang-tzŭ, a place at which boats anchor at night, or to which they fly for shelter from the storms that sweep the lake.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

A plan therefore must be discovered, whereby it shall be possible, while speaking of unknown countries, to convey real and intelligible notions.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

He rose, and met his nephew with the customary respect, as if nothing unusual had occurred; but the exertion caused some of the wounds to open afresh, when the following dialogue ensued: Prithiraj.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

For this series, being infinite in succession and always incomplete, cannot represent an infinite number of members, and still less a composition of these members into a whole.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

There was a buzz of excitement as the Doctor made his way across the crowded room; and I noticed the nasty lawyer with the long nose lean down and whisper something to a friend, smiling in an ugly way which made me want to pinch him.
— from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

As I looked at the show, and then afterward, in charming company, went winding back to camp, passing detachments of the great cavalcade, returning also in narrow file, balancing on their handsome horses along the paths in the gorse-brightened heather, I allowed myself to wish that since, as matters stood, the British soldier was clearly such a fine fellow and a review at Aldershot was such a delightful entertainment, the bloom of peace might long remain.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

Gross swindling U. S. pension agent; robbed a blind and helpless soldier of $7,278, pension; swindled a widow out of $2,535. 1883 Chambers, Rev. A. I. New Haven, Conn.
— from Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada by M. E. Billings

It soon became apparent that not even this erection of national irresponsibility into a principle would be sufficient to satisfy the South, because the interests of the South had come to demand the propagation of slavery as a Constitutional right, and if necessary in defiance of local public opinion.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

Here, too, the mighty cedar rises amid its neighbours, growing to an immense height; its great trunk a hundred feet to its first branch.
— from Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 2 (of 2) by C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock

And, God forgive me, Eugene, I cannot regret, and I never have!
— from The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 4 by Gilbert Parker