They sat them down upon the yellow sand, Between the sun and moon upon the shore; And sweet it was to dream of Father-land, Of child, and wife, and slave; but evermore Most weary seem'd the sea, weary the oar,
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

95 Leaving it, therefore, for General Burgoyne to explain to the visitor the plans which had been decided upon, the young scout went into his own tent to devise, if possible, some way by which the purpose of the British commander could be thwarted.
— from The Boy Scouts at the Battle of Saratoga: The Story of General Burgoyne's Defeat by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

Shortly after locking the door upon the young scapegrace, his father, walking with a friend in his favourite walk near the house, was astonished at hearing, from above, a cry of "Sweep—sweep!"
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 by Various

My dear friend, after so long a separation, how glad I am to meet you!—but how devilish unlucky that you shou'd, on the very day of my arrival, be going to set sail for another part of the world!
— from Such Things Are: A Play, in Five Acts by Mrs. Inchbald

Thus he cruelly and barbarously put them all to death, reserving only one alive, whom he sent back to the Governor of the Havannah, with this message in writing: ‘I shall never henceforth give quarter to any Spaniard whatsoever, and I have great hopes I shall execute on your own person the very same punishment I have done upon them you sent against me.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

Me managin’ un all seas an’ weather an’ perils o’ the deep a shup worth fufty thousand pounds, wuth cargoes ot times worth fufty thousand more—a hundred thousand pounds, half a million dollars uz the Yankees say, an’ me wuth all the responsubility gettun’ a screw o’ twenty pounds a month.
— from The Strength of the Strong by Jack London

I therefore appoint you to the yamen; do what you consider most expedient, and take care that the throne of your ancestors descends untarnished to your son, and their empire undiminished!
— from Court Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and People by Isaac Taylor Headland

For that matter, what good would their weapons be against a Federation Strike Group, even if they did use them?" "You seem so sure.
— from The Best Made Plans by Everett B. Cole

The tempest has driven us to your shores.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish by Charles Morris

She was alive when she had dwelt under them; yes, she and Evan too.
— from Diana by Susan Warner