It was a strange and fantastic sight in this region of inky darkness, and for a moment I stood watching it with bated breath and wide-opened eyes; but no, it could not be a will-with-the-wisp, for now the faint and uncertain glimmer had increased to a mild but steady glow, reaching away off in the distance like a long line of dying camp-fires seen through an enveloping mist.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

To his right, on the south-east, was General Rawlinson, facing the strongest portion of the Hindenburg line, with two American divisions, led by Major-General Read, under his command; while on his left, and to the north, the First Army, under General Home, held the line along the Canal du Nord, and the marshes of the Sensée.
— from Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Their words distil into his soul; they speak the language of Canaan; they talk of holy enjoyments, the result of being born again, acknowledging their miserable state by nature, and how freely and undeservedly God had visited their hearts with pardoning mercy, and supported them while suffering the assaults and suggestions of Satan; how they had been borne up in every dark, cloudy, stormy day; and how they contemned, slighted, and abhorred their own righteousness as filthy and insufficient to do them any good.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

Making love with Enforcement men had always been fun, and usually gave her a comfortable, cherished feeling whether she climaxed or not.
— from The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

He needs must open his mouth and pour forth an unwilling, gushing howl.
— from Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London

Everything was ready, down to the last pack-saddle of the last camel, and yet no one suspected it, for an unconstitutional Government has its advantage.
— from The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport by Arthur Conan Doyle

With the withdrawal of the Federal army under General Hooker, and before the advance of the Confederates, General Milroy would also disappear, and the fertile fields of the Valley be relieved.
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke

After all, however, we must acknowledge, that so complex, so diversified, and so ingenious a system as the Greek Theology, was too much for an uninstructed Genius, however exuberant, to have conceived in its full extent.
— from An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients by John Ogilvie

"You see, in the first place, my father and Uncle Giles, his brother, both fought in the war.
— from Checkers: A Hard-luck Story by Henry Blossom