Rosarito, que nada tenía que contestar a las últimas palabras de su primo, conoció, sin embargo, la necesidad de decir algo, y mirando a su madre, habló así: —¡Ah! se me había olvidado poner la comida al loro.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Then he darted down, skimming pretty close to the stream—rose slowly, a magnificent sight, and sail'd with steady wide-spread wings, no flapping at all, up and down the pond two or three times, near me, in circles in clear sight, as if for my delectation.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Those in the Fort, in their Hurry, run into the Governor’s House to save themselves, which they barricadoed so strongly, that Davis ’s Party could not enter it; however, they threw in Granadoe-Shells, which not only ruin’d all the Furniture, but kill’d several Men within.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

They were therefore compelled to stand off, for even if he had wished to do so, Pencroft could not have gained the mouth of the Mercy.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

BUTTON, a decoy, sham purchaser, &c.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

En caja de ahorros, a sesenta días se paga cuatro por ciento al año.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Thereupon they sat to devise some prudent counsel for their voyage, and the maiden came upon them as they pondered, but Peleus spake his word first: (ll. 495-502)
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

Let the same natural liberty of exercising what species of industry they please, be restored to all his Majesty's subjects, in the same manner as to soldiers and seamen; that is, break down the exclusive privileges of corporations, and repeal the statute of apprenticeship, both which are really encroachments upon natural Liberty, and add to those the repeal of the law of settlements, so that a poor workman, when thrown out of employment, either in one trade or in one place, may seek for it in another trade or in another place, without the fear either of a prosecution or of a removal; and neither the public nor the individuals will suffer much more from the occasional disbanding some particular classes of manufacturers, than from that of the soldiers.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

An open cupboard displayed some plain coarse cups and saucers, and the furniture consisted of two rough tables, a large bunk, 1 one or two sea-chests, and a few chairs of simple workmanship.
— from Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

There are some eyes which shine through their tears, and are lovely in the midst of anguish; those of Miss Flora had this advantage, and she appeared, in spite of her disorder, so perfectly charming to the stranger, that he could not quit the place without joining his endeavours to those of the good-natured hostess, for her consolation, and had the satisfaction to find them much more effectual for that purpose.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

When not engaged in travelling or farming, men and boys make saddles, harness, &c.; while the women and girls keep house, dress skins, prepare clothing, and attend to the dairy.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

Smathers looked as though he were about to quote the minimum dosage, so Petrelli charged on: “If you think anyone could isolate an unknown organic compound out of a—” “Gentlemen!
— from Cum Grano Salis by Randall Garrett

A little quaintness of dress, some picturesque costumes—such as the blue tunics with black belts of leather, that the men wore; the full beards, that were not common then as now; the broad hats and graceful, flowing hair of the young ladies; the varied style of garments of the students and the boarders—all interested me.
— from Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs by John Thomas Codman

All this day such phenomena continued, sliding sand-banks and tumbling jungles.
— from Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) Kolb