The Carthaginians, therefore, suddenly found a Libyan encampment right on their front, another of Numidians on their rear, and that of Spendius on their flank; and it seemed impossible to escape from the danger which thus menaced them on every side.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

3 29 30 31 32 [Pg 51] saddle husband deserve Sunday fitted parties illness Monday insert putting neglect Tuesday backed invoice reduced Wednesday baking obliged sitting Thursday struck evident stories Friday forward product excited Saturday against matters letting January written climate breathe February machine primary needing March careful delayed offices April student fashion captain May greatly rapidly percent June quarter noticed blossom July correct plainly fullest August lecture elected renewed September holiday butcher serving October include example silence November pattern reserve uniform December measure soldier although Christmas Standard Number of Errors IV.
— from Lippincott's Horn-Ashbaugh Speller For Grades One to Eight by Ernest J. (Ernest James) Ashbaugh

[86] Ricochet firing at low elevations requires only correct lateral direction, since the projectile would rarely pass over and would probably strike a vessel if within its effective range, whether the actual distance had been correctly ascertained or not.
— from Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

Although, therefore, the continual contests for the throne of Bohemia, which followed the death of Vladislav, made it impossible for the rival pretenders to make good their claim to the royal title, there was, nevertheless, no doubt that, from this time forth, any lawfully elected ruler of Bohemia had the right to call himself king.
— from Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 With a short summary of later events by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

He was just in time to see the Tacitus settle down with crumpled pages; stopped for a moment, bewildered, for it lay in the middle of the passage; and then rushed at the open door on the left, dashed it open, and found a little empty room, with a chair or two, and a table—but no sign of the priest.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

So saying, the Fairy of the Fountain placed on her finger a little emerald ring, and the princess distinctly felt her arms change their shape—expand—become flexible, and form two light wings, clothed in the most brilliant colours.
— from The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Much less modern than Cowley, but still of a chaster and less fanciful style than most of his contemporaries, is the famous Protestant apologist, Chillingworth—a man whose orderly mind and freedom from anything like enthusiasm reflected themselves in the easy balance of his style.
— from A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

—This talker you will generally find to be a man rather small in stature, with quick eye, sharp nose, nervous expression of face, and limbs ever ready for prompt action.
— from Talkers: With Illustrations by John Bate

The passions that sway features and limbs equally reside, fluctuate, flash and lower in colour.
— from The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 3 (of 3) by Henry Fuseli

Extract of a Letter from Abraham Lott, Esq r., of New York, to Wm. Kelly, [40] of London, dated New York, 5 th Nov r., 1773, & received with the above mentioned Extract of Mr. Kelly, 22 d Dec r., 1773: "Herewith you will receive several papers relating to the importation of the India Com y's tea.
— from Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake