After dinner come several persons of honour, as my Lord St. John and others, for convoy to Flushing, and great giving of them salutes.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

To argue in this way is clearly not praiseworthy;" for as Galileo goes on to show, if the Scriptures are the word of God, the heavens themselves are his handiwork.
— from The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Dorothy Stimson

We cannot say that such a vehicle would be suitable for a lady, unless rubber-tyred wheels and other improvements are made to the carriage, for a grim grip of the steering handle and a keen eye are necessary for its safe guidance, more especially if the high road be rough.
— from The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton

The wounded had found their way or been removed to their own tents—the fallen filled a glorious grave on the spot where they fell.
— from Random Shots from a Rifleman by J. (John) Kincaid

It was in that pleasant direction now; and much as I longed for a gentle glide of the soft May [Pg 3] breeze around me, and a leisurely gaze at the love of the year, now telling its tale in the valleys, that old fellow (sniffing his oats leagues away) cared for nothing but a quick stroke towards them.
— from Dariel: A Romance of Surrey by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

First a greenish glow on the southern horizon, brightening into lemon and then into clear primrose, invades the deep purple of the starry heavens.
— from Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Hudson Stuck

It was not so easy to obey, such was the dreadful slope to the floor of the cabin; but Giraffe gave a helpful hand to struggling Bumpus, and on the other side Allan fastened a good grip on the stout one, so that between them both he was speedily landed where he would do the most good.
— from The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna; or, The Silver Fox Patrol Caught in a Flood by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

To be sure, the bewildering hospitality of the great financiers and greater gamblers of the sixties and seventies is a thing of the past.
— from California and the Californians by David Starr Jordan

You will find a good glimpse of this scion of royalty in Scott’s story of Peveril of the Peak .
— from English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 2: From Elizabeth to Anne by Donald Grant Mitchell