For we see everywhere, that drops, when they hang down, assume the form of small globes, and when they are covered with dust, or have the down of leaves spread over them, they are observed to be completely round; and when a cup is filled, the liquid swells up in the middle.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

I had to keep close to the other car which went at about thirty miles an hour, making a frightful amount of dust, but I did not dare slow down or lose sight of them, for I hate to think what would happen to a party of women found in the zone des armées, traveling about without the proper escort.
— from Over Periscope Pond Letters from Two American Girls in Paris October 1916-January 1918 by Esther Sayles Root

Robertine declined playing, alleging that she had none of her own music with her; and she privately told Uncle Philip that she had lost all relish for French songs, and that she was very desirous of learning some of the national airs of America—for instance, the Tars of Columbia.
— from Pencil Sketches; or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

Indeed, I make no pretence of the delicacies of literary style, or the turning of fine phrases of elegant diplomacy.
— from The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by William Le Queux

Disgusted with George, disgusted with ourselves, and above all disgusted with fate, H. and I paced up and down or lay sleepless on the bedstead through hours of utter despair.
— from Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. by Alan Bott

However, this is getting considerably ahead of our narrative and in danger of losing sight of the main point, which is that Greece is easy enough to visit and enjoy, even if one is ignorant of the language.
— from Greece and the Ægean Islands by Philip Sanford Marden

If they support a Republican candidate satisfactory to themselves, will not the lukewarmness or disaffection of large sections of the party ensure his defeat?
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

The young Gentleman, thus equipped, looked like one of Queen Elisabeth 's Courtiers come from the Dead, or, like Snow on the Grass and Trees about Midsummer ; but what would one not undergo for a good Wife or Husband?
— from The Levellers A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons by Anonymous

This interested Glen greatly; for all of his dreams had been of discovering gold somewhere in this wonderful Western country, and he was most desirous of learning something of the process of procuring it.
— from Campmates: A Story of the Plains by Kirk Munroe