In order to increase our knowledge of the past, antiquities of every kind have been examined; the sites of ancient cities have been laid bare, coins dug up and deciphered, inscriptions copied, alphabets restored, hieroglyphics interpreted, and, in some instances, long-forgotten languages reconstructed and re-arranged.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Ragged lazzaroni lie asleep in doorways, archways, and kennels; the gentry, gaily dressed, are dashing up and down in carriages on the Chiaji, or walking in the Public Gardens; and quiet letter-writers, perched behind their little desks and inkstands under the Portico of the Great Theatre of San Carlo, in the public street, are waiting for clients.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

He could write a letter or draw up a document in clear and concise Cape Dutch, and he was acquainted with what was going on over the sea.
— from Willem Adriaan Van Der Stel, and Other Historical Sketches by George McCall Theal

Up and down, up and down, it continued to patrol the shore with hungry obstinacy.
— from The Ledge on Bald Face by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

Some were drawn up and down in chairs, others went round and round in flying-chairs affixed to wheels pivoted, some perpendicularly, others horizontally; in short, the prototypes of the “merry-go-rounds” and “high-flyers” of pleasure fairs in Britain and elsewhere.
— from The Story of Moscow by Wirt Gerrare

This happens whenever he has to draw up a document in conformity with rule or custom, while the actual circumstances are in some point or other in conflict with rule or custom; he is then obliged to state that the conditions were normal, and thus make a false declaration in respect of all the irregularities.
— from Introduction to the Study of History by Charles Seignobos

This difference in the conformation of the skull is undoubtedly due to a difference in mental character, which, in turn, depends upon a difference in cerebral development.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg