As for the rest of the Romance, continued the President, it sufficiently explains itself,—The Old-cast-Pair-of-Black-Plush-Breeches must be Saxony, which the Elector, you see, has left of wearing:—And as for the Great Watch-Coat, which, you know, covers all, it signifies all Europe; comprehending, at least, so many of its different States and Dominions, as we have any Concern with in the present War.
— from A Political Romance by Laurence Sterne

He arranged at the hospital for Roberto to be given every care, and left some money with Helen and Ruth for them to purchase little luxuries for the boy when he should become convalescent.
— from Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies; Or, The Missing Pearl Necklace by Alice B. Emerson

But, when he ended, there was in his face Such easy cheerfulness, a look so mild,
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

The U -bends at the bottoms of each convolution act like so many low wine chambers in the still shown in Fig.
— from A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products by F. B. (Frederic B.) Wright

All that he hath, let the extortioner Catch, and let strangers make his labor spoil.
— from The Epic of Paul by William Cleaver Wilkinson