That these continual stirs were once busy in St. Germain de Calberte, the imagination with difficulty receives; all is now so quiet, the pulse of human life now beats so low and still in this hamlet of the mountains.
— from Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson

Hal begged permission to carry the news to Don Ramon, and I never saw a happier boy than he, at the thought of once more being on the road.
— from The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens

p. 42) describes wild fowls on Ilha dos Rollas, an island near St. Thomas's on the west coast of Africa; the natives informed him that they had escaped from a vessel wrecked there many years ago; they were extremely wild and had "a cry quite different to that of the domestic fowl," and their appearance was somewhat changed.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin

Capt. W. Allen ('Narrative of Niger Expedition' 1848 volume 2 page 42) describes wild fowls on Ilha dos Rollas, an island near St. Thomas's on the west coast of Africa; the natives informed him that they had escaped from a vessel wrecked there many years ago; they were extremely wild and had "a cry quite different to that of the domestic fowl," and their appearance was somewhat changed.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

I 'm gettin' de rheumateez, An' I never say not'ing at all moi-meme, but let you do jus' you please?
— from Phil-o-rum's Canoe, and Madeleine Vercheres: Two Poems by William Henry Drummond

To determine the first dealer, the cards are dealt round as in “Nap” (see p. 9), when the player to whom the first knave falls becomes dealer.
— from Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice by W. H. Peel

A tolleration of different Religions , and is not sufficient to keep the body of Christ in unity and purity, is not the Government of Christ.
— from A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry by Ministers and Elders of the London Provinciall Assembly