“The great age of the larger dams is shown by their size, by the large amount of solid materials they contain, and by the destruction of the primitive forest within the area of the ponds; and also by the extent of the beaver-meadows along the margins of the streams where dams are maintained, and by the hummocks formed upon them by and through the annual growth and decay of vegetation in separate hills.
— from The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay

if you make the least attempt to disturb our visitor, I shall have you turned outside that door immediately.”
— from Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne

When the dervish had done, the princess replied, "By what I comprehend from your discourse, the difficulties of succeeding in this affair are, first, the getting up to the cage without being frightened at the terrible din of voices I shall hear; and, secondly, not to look behind me.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Anonymous