'And now methinks I see the villainous dens of the wicked surging with joy and gladness, all the most recklessly unscrupulous threatening a new crop of lying informations, the good prostrate with terror at my danger, every ruffian incited by impunity to new daring and to success by the profits of audacity, the guiltless not only robbed of their peace of mind, but even of all means of defence.
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

And shee I sigh and spoke of were things innocent, Lou'd for we did, and like the Elements That know not what, nor why, yet doe effect Rare issues by their operance, our soules Did so to one another; what she lik'd, Was then of me approov'd, what not, condemd, No more arraignment; the flowre that I would plucke And put betweene my breasts (then but beginning To swell about the blossome)
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The men of science indeed who had adopted his philosophical principles (Littré, Renan, Taine, Lewes, Leslie Stephens, Tyndall, Huxley, Draper, etc.), repudiate it; but in the middle and lower ranks some were found longing for an object of worship, who endeavoured on the basis of his Calendrier positiviste and Catechisme positiviste to form a religious society for the worship of humanity.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

she cried innocently, "has Fritz not forgotten me?" Even at this distance of time, my memory recalls her lovely dark eyes riveted in breathless interest on my face, as I spoke of Fritz's love and devotion, and told her that she was still the one dear image in his thoughts by day, in his dreams by night.
— from Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins

help me that I may be whole once more and fit to work, for this is the one and only religion left me to cling to.” High above, over the two mountain ranges, a blue flood stands immovable, and in its depths eternal rest is brooding.
— from The Great Hunger by Johan Bojer

Could you, my young readers, have seen how quickly the bloom of health began to reappear on the faded cheek of that pale mother, and how soon that dim eye regained its bright sparkle, you would have said joy does not kill.
— from Lost in the Backwoods: A Tale of the Canadian Forest by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill

And she (I sigh and spoke of) were things innocent, Lov'd for we did, and like the Elements That know not what, nor why, yet do effect Rare issues by their operance; our souls Did so to one another; what she lik'd, Was then of me approv'd,
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 by John Fletcher

Usually No. 10 galvanized wires are securely fastened to the tops of the boundary posts on the four sides of a vineyard and then are run along and securely fastened on the tops of the inside post down each row in both directions as governor wires.
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

The storehouses for the supplies stood near the railway station and were fully commanded from the dominant elevations rising immediately behind them.
— from The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 by William Ludlow

Don Estevan retained it between his own.
— from Stoneheart: A Romance by Gustave Aimard

The Governments of Japan and Russia shall present each other as soon as possible after the delivery of the prisoners is completed with a statement of the direct expenditures respectively incurred by them for the care and maintenance of the prisoners from the date of capture or surrender and up to the time of death or delivery.
— from The Japan-Russia War: An Illustrated History of the War in the Far East by Sydney Tyler