There is no such anamal as a black bear in this open country or of that species generally denominated the black bear my fare is really sumptuous this evening; buffaloe's humps, tongues and marrowbones, fine trout parched meal pepper and salt, and a good appetite; the last is not considered the least of the luxuries.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The shepherd firmly grasped the sword, and as he drew it from its rusty scabbard the eyes of the monarch and his courtiers began to open, and they rose till they sat upright.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

The shepherd reverently, but firmly, grasped the sword, and as he drew it leisurely from its rusty scabbard, the eyes of the monarch and his courtiers began to open, and they rose till they sat upright.
— from Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry

Then, when the air is clear and crisp, when the sunlight kaleidoscopes the avenue and its many-colored fronts, when all the town seems to be afoot or awheel, we find it rare sport to escape Mrs. Radigan and go tearing along together, speaking to those we ought not to speak to, and leaving unspoken to those to whom we should speak, to hail Mignonette
— from Mrs. Radigan: Her Biography, with that of Miss Pearl Veal, and the Memoirs of J. Madison Mudison by Nelson Lloyd

The manors of Penlyn or Pelyn and Penkneth or Pennight are in the parish of Lanlivery, of which the river Fowey is, roughly speaking, the eastern boundary, but no island is now to be discovered in its course.
— from The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies by Thomas Taylor

Venezuela came next in 1925, then followed in rapid succession the entire group of Central American States, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras.
— from Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999 by Arthur Bird

"The light the age requires for its renewal," says the Exposition, "can only come from the same source.
— from Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott

A continuous forte , for example, ceases to be a forte , in reality, since the ear and the mind weary under it, and all the effect of contrast is lost.
— from Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Wesley Mills