Here, then, is a discovery of new evils, I said, against which the guardians will have to watch, or they will creep into the city unobserved.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

In these over-worked days of nerve exhaustion, it should be an inducement to remember how fresh and unwearied Mr. Gladstone was kept by his regular Sunday habits.
— from Stray Thoughts for Girls by Lucy Helen Muriel Soulsby

The moment a train mounted this land's edge and swept along the straight transverse section of track, it was in full sight of Ascalon, day or night, except in stormy weather, although many miles away.
— from Trail's End by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

But I feel that the fiat for which I wait does not depend on newspapers, except, indeed, such newspapers as the Examiner .
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

Approaching cautiously, I peered through a crack and discovered old Nuflo engaged in smoking some meat over a fire, and at the same time grilling some bones on the coals.
— from Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Improve every moment you can spare from other duties or needed exercise in studying arithmetic, geometry, algebra and mechanical engineering.
— from How to Become an Engineer by Frank W. Doughty

Morgan's company of Virginia riflemen, and two divisions of New England infantry, set forth in gay spirits.
— from The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure by Robert Neilson Stephens