We can darken the windows and doors, and keep every ray of light out, or we can have abundant sunshine if we will, by simply removing the obstacles.
— from Sanctification by J. W. Byers

Thus Lady Helena Powyss, eight days later, seated luxuriously in the first-class carriage, and flying along by express train between Dublin and Kingston, en route for Cheshire.
— from A Terrible Secret: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

Guided through the intricacies of the wood by Charles Giffard, who was now in his own domain, and knew every roadway, they at last reached a little valley entirely surrounded by timber, in the midst of which stood an old-fashioned black and white timber mansion.
— from Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651 by William Harrison Ainsworth