Lamb's copy of Daniel's Poetical Works , two volumes, 1718, and of Browne's Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors , folio, 1658, both with marginalia by himself and Coleridge, are in existence, but I cannot say where: probably in America.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

The cut is rudely executed, but it certainly shows that some one imagined something more perfect.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

This will not only lessen the call for military establishments, but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Thence after dinner I by coach to the Temple, and there bought a new book of songs set to musique by one Smith of Oxford, some songs of Mr. Cowley’s, and so to Westminster, and there to walk a little in the Hall, and so to Mrs. Martin’s, and there did hazer cet que je voudrai mit her, and drank and sat most of the afternoon with her and her sister, and here she promises me her fine starling, which was the King’s, and speaks finely, which I shall be glad of, and so walked to the Temple, meeting in the street with my cozen Alcocke, the young man, that is a good sober youth, I have not seen these four or five years, newly come to town to look for employment: but I cannot serve him, though I think he deserves well, and so I took coach and home to my business, and in the evening took Mrs. Turner and Mercer out to Mile End and drank, and then home, and sang; and eat a dish of greene pease, the first I have seen this year, given me by Mr. Gibson, extraordinary young and pretty, and so saw them at home, and so home to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

P. B. Ewing, Esq., being in Cincinnati, saw him and asked him why he, who certainly knew better, would reiterate such a damaging slander.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

[3] el benteveo indique con sus repetidos gritos la acción de la persona que está observando lo que otra ejecuta.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Pipila ka mitnà ang nanglábay únà ku makatíngug, Several minutes elapsed before I could say a word.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

I instinctively followed the direction of his eyes, but I could see nothing unusual.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

In the first place he couldn’t accustom himself to the cold and glassy look of their eyes, and in the next he was a bit jealous of their wonderfully keen scent—a sense which with them was so strong that they invariably gave signs of being conscious of Bulger’s approach even before I could see him, and always turned their faces in the direction in which he was coming.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Who knew thee swine enow before I came, Smuttier than blasted grain: but when the King Had made thee fool, thy vanity so shot up It frighted all free fool from out thy heart; Which left thee less than fool, and less than swine, A naked aught—yet swine
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

A small, blue felt hat was somewhat shading her eyes, but I could see she was looking at me and smiling.
— from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates

The words rang bravely in my ears, but I could scarce credit them myself.
— from In Taunton town : a story of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth in 1685 by Evelyn Everett-Green

In this perplexing dilemma I got my hand, with as little noise as possible, to the muzzle of my gun, and gradually drawing out the ramrod, tried, with my right arm stretched out, to stir up the embers, so that I might see; but here again a new danger presented itself; I was exposing myself as a mark to a ball or an arrow, without the chance of defending myself, for the light would show me to the enemy before I could see my object; but there was no alternative, and something must be done.
— from Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders by George Bird Grinnell

Mr. Henry was in the steward’s room, affecting employment, but I could see he was only impatient to hear of my errand.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 12 by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Ray can be manifested on this earth because it can send forth its Mâyâvi Rûpa.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

"I used to think that that Wiley was low enough, but I could see him.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

BUTTER AND EGGS Butter in cold storage is kept at a temperature of zero to five below.
— from The Business of Being a Housewife A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy by Jean Prescott Adams

You can tell 'er your lies about it being stolen by someone else, but I can see a 'ole through a millstone.
— from Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln