Great difference; for the bottle is stopped and shut up with a stopple, but the flagon with a vice (La bouteille est fermee a bouchon, et le flaccon a vis.).
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

"The lilies of the field,"—dressed finer than earthly princes, springing up there in the humble furrow-field; a beautiful eye looking out on you, from the great inner Sea of Beauty!
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

The Prince, who had poured out his own wealth so lavishly in the cause—who, together with his brothers, particularly the generous John of Nassau, had contributed all which they could raise by mortgage, sales of jewellery and furniture, and by extensive loans, subjecting themselves to constant embarrassment, and almost to penury, felt himself outraged by the paltriness of this conduct.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) by John Lothrop Motley

How fresh and beautiful everything looked that morning, as we stood there amongst the flowers, my mother selecting the materials for the nosegay, and I holding the basket, and handing her the scissors as she wanted them, or executing at intervals little by-plays with Frisk.
— from The Story of the White-Rock Cove by Anonymous

Jefferson, separated by his residence at the court of France from actual contact with the worst days of the Confederation, thought the remaining States had a right to coerce a recalcitrant member "by a naval force, as being easy, less dangerous to liberty, and less likely to produce bloodshed."
— from The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830 by Edwin Erle Sparks

I take it you're not qualifyin' here for a beauty expert, Lieutenant Weil!”
— from The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Whose is that towering form That tears across the mist To where the shocks are sorest?—his with arm Outstretched, and grimy face, and bloodshot eye, Like one who, having done his deeds, will die? SPIRIT OF RUMOUR He is one Beresford, who heads the fight For England here to-day.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy

On recovering from his illness Columbus resolved to make an exploration of the interior; and with drums beating and flags flying a brilliant expedition left Isabela.
— from Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich