For rather he Whom old things chafe seems likely to rejoice At new; but one that in fore-passed time Hath chanced upon no ill, through goodly years, O what could ever enkindle in such an one Passion for strange experiment?
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

69° 00' W. A fine south-west wind; every hour carrying us nearer in toward land.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

He was curled up, naked, in the back of the cell, shielding himself from the camera and our stares.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

What concerns us now is the identity of the child.
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

Then her nose caught us nearly in the middle, and we tilted sideways, and the fellows in the right-hand galley unhitched their hooks and ropes, and threw things on to our upper deck—arrows, and hot pitch or something that stung, and we went up and up and up on the left side, and the right side dipped, and I twisted my head round and saw the water stand still as it topped the right bulwarks, and then it curled over and crashed down on the whole lot of us on the right side, and I felt it hit my back, and I woke."
— from Indian Tales by Rudyard Kipling

I say nothing of religious beliefs, nor yet of feelings; what concerns us now is the running-gear of the great machine of gold and iron, and its practical results with which men’s lives are occupied.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

I even have seen the alto compass in notation run up to "high" C; but to control this high range an alto would have to be another Schumann-Heink who has cultivated upper notes in the head register.
— from The Voice: Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. (Frank Ebenezer) Miller

Then her nose caught us nearly in the middle, and we tilted sideways, and the fellows in the right-hand galley unhitched their hooks and ropes, and threw things on to our upper deck—arrows, and hot pitch or something that stung, and we went up and up and up on the left side, and the right side dipped, and I twisted my head round and saw the water stand still as it topped the right bulwarks, and then it curled over and crashed down on the whole lot of us on the right side, and I felt it hit my back, and I woke.”
— from The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling

"I'm glad it didn't catch us nappin', 'ith th' grapes not picked."
— from The White Crystals: Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis

The boat was headed straight out across the fjord, and the long line with its trailing hooks hauled in and coiled up neatly in the bottom of a shallow tub.
— from The Great Hunger by Johan Bojer

It is not quite certain even that any of the ruined temples or palaces in the central region were entirely the work of the ancient people before they came under Nahua influences; the differences noted in the monuments referred to suggest the effects of such influences exerted in different degrees.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft