The Ice begin to run we move into our hut, visited by the Grand Chief of the Mandans, and Che chark Lagru a Chief of the Assinniboins & 7 men of that Nation, I Smoke with them and gave the Chief a Cord & a Carrot of Tobacco—this Nation rove in the Plains above this and trade with the British Companes on the Ossinniboin River, they are Divided into Several bands, the decendants of the Sioux & Speak nearly their langguage a bad disposed Set & Can raies about moo men in the 3 bands near this place, they trade with the nations of this neighbourhood for horses Corn & Snow all Day Capt. L. at the village.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“My dear sir,” cried Robak, “why did you insist on going to those ruins?
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

Ecclus , his nobility without wealth, is [2241] projecta vilior alga , and he not esteemed: nos viles pulli nati infelicibus ovis , if once poor, we are metamorphosed in an instant, base slaves, villains, and vile drudges; [2242] for to be poor, is to be a knave, a fool, a wretch, a wicked, an odious fellow, a common eyesore, say poor and say all; they are born to labour, to misery, to carry burdens like juments, pistum stercus comedere with Ulysses' companions, and as Chremilus objected in Aristophanes, [2243] salem lingere , lick salt, to empty jakes, fay channels, [2244] carry out dirt and dunghills, sweep chimneys, rub horse-heels, &c.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

And further, by the advice of them of Savoy, he ordained, that if any man chanced to be robbed, or by any means damnified by any thief or robber, he to whom the charge of keeping that country, city, or borough, chiefly appertained, where the robbery was done, should competently restore the loss.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Boldyreff, W. N. : Quelques Considerations sur les Causes étiologiques du Scorbut, Comp. rend.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

“Why, of course,” murmured Miss Polly, wondering just how much of this remarkable discourse she could remember to tell.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Ainsi l’astre du jour au bout de sa carrière, Répand sur l’horizon une douce lumière; Et les derniers rayons qu’il darde dans les airs, Sont les derniers soupirs qu’il donne à l’univers;” he quickens his rational Idea of a cosmopolitan disposition at the end of life by an attribute which the Imagination (in remembering all the pleasures of a beautiful summer day that are recalled at its close by a serene evening) associates with that representation, and which excites a number of sensations and secondary representations for which no expression is found.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

La diligencia salió con rapidez vertiginosa, haciendo furioso estruendo en el empedrado, y turbando el sueño de los buenos habitantes de Querétaro.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Doctor Smith came rattling up in his Ford, hopped out, and started to enter the drug store.
— from Quill's Window by George Barr McCutcheon

( From The Pirates' Own Book. ) Glance at the sin-stained roster of famous pirates, Edward Low, Captain England, Captain Thomas White, Benito De Soto, Captain Roberts, Captain John Rackham, Captain Thomas Tew, and most of the bloody crew, and it will be found that either they wasted their treasure in debaucheries, or were hanged, shot, or drowned with empty pockets.
— from The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Ralph Delahaye Paine

Haughty and deceptive spirits cannot refrain from such conduct, but love deals honestly and uprightly and face to face.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2: Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Martin Luther

Ailwin had no doubt she could row, in such a narrow and gentle stream as now ran through the garden.
— from The Settlers at Home by Harriet Martineau

A defiance so contemptuous roused the ire of the adverse commanders.
— from Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Artemus Ward, George Macdonald, Max Adeler, Samuel Lover, and Others by Various

One day she could remember nothing of her grandson.
— from An Iceland Fisherman by Pierre Loti