Now having a night, a day, and still another night following before me in New Bedford, ere I could embark for my destined port, it became a matter of concernment where I was to eat and sleep meanwhile.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

A considerable flight of steps landed them in the wilderness, which was a planted wood of about two acres, and though chiefly of larch and laurel, and beech cut down, and though laid out with too much regularity, was darkness and shade, and natural beauty, compared with the bowling-green and the terrace.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

In the first East, thou now beginst to shine, Suck'st early balme, and Iland spices there, 15 And wilt anon in thy loose-rein'd careere At Tagus, Po, Sene, Thames, and Danow dine, And see at night thy Westerne land of Myne, Yet hast thou not more nations seene then shee, That before thee, one day beganne to bee, 20 And thy fraile light being quench'd, shall long, long out live thee.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

"The wonderful wealth-producing power of the United States defies and sets at naught the grave drawbacks of a mischievous protective tariff, and has already obliterated, almost wholly, the traces of the greatest of modern civil wars.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

In the morning grave, dignified and sweet, at noon laughing, capricious, at evening whatever one least expected.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

I used frequently to go home with him, and remain all day, and sometimes all night.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Mrs. Morse drove by Martin on the street one day, and smiled and nodded.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

Again, of the goods which have reference to the mind, some are habits, some are dispositions, and some are neither habits nor dispositions.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

In the first East thou now beginn'st to shine, Suck'st early balm and island spices there, And wilt anon in thy loose-rein'd career At Tagus, Po, Seine, Thames, and Danow dine, And see at night this western world of mine: Yet hast thou not more nations seen than she, Who before thee one day began to be,
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The geographical position of these dikes is most interesting, as they are very numerous near the head of the Val del Bove, where the cones of 1811 and 1819 were thrown up, as also in that zone of the mountain where lateral eruptions are frequent; whereas in the valley of Calanna, which is below that parallel, and in a region where lateral eruptions are extremely rare, scarcely any dikes are seen, and none whatever still lower in the valley of St. Giacomo.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

On the fourth evening the two travellers arrived at Friuli, having walked upon an average thirty miles each day, and slept at night in some cottage or farm-house.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

We resolved that for the future no couple of players should bring into the rooms more than five hundred pounds, and should this sum be lost we would suspend our proceedings for the day and start afresh next morning.
— from Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock

"No, sir, I have been insulted enough," declared Amy stoutly, and nothing they could say seemed to have any effect upon her decision.
— from The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House; Or, Doing Their Best for the Soldiers by Laura Lee Hope

You write down who takes out a book, with the day and date and street and number.
— from Walter Pieterse: A Story of Holland by Multatuli

THAT kept me from sinking into the slave the tool, the sycophant, perhaps the brute; THAT prompted me to hard study in secret places; THAT strengthened my heart, when, desolate and striving against necessity, I saw nothing of the smiles of society, and felt nothing of the bounties of life.
— from Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story by William Gilmore Simms

The bird would go to roost in its dovecote and sit all night with its head tucked placidly under its wing—and the plea for help unread on its leg—and the lawyer would never think of looking into the dovecote.
— from The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford

We found several others of the same description growing around; and we agreed that if we could fall in with some friendly natives, we would advise them to cut the trees down, and should any navigable river exist running out of the lake, to convey them to its mouth, where they could be embarked.
— from The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa by William Henry Giles Kingston

Sir George had been so far reconciled to his daughter and son, as not to deny his paternal blessing, but would contribute nothing towards their support, Mr. Donne's fortune being greatly diminished by the expence of travels, law-suits, and the generosity of his temper; however his wants were in a great measure prevented by the seasonable bounty of their kinsman Sir Francis Wooley, who entertained them several years at his house at Pilford in Surry, where our author had several children born to him.
— from The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber

Jack,' said his lordship, looking knowingly round at his much disconcerted friend; 'you dine and stay all night at Jawleyford Court to-morrow!
— from Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees