There are no indications of the form of buildings,… but simply large quantities of large bricks, which for a long time have been carried away and used for modern buildings….
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

An old woman, who in early years had undergone this ordeal, survived, and her safety no doubt co-operated with English authority to diminish the popular fear of Bahirawa, but still few natives would be found courageous enough to ascend the hill at night.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

It was the first time in her life that Rosamond had thought of doing anything in the form of business, but she felt equal to the occasion.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Field of battle between Sandal Castle and Wakefield Alarum.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

I speak of Natural Virtue, because men hold that each of the moral dispositions attach to us all somehow by nature: we have dispositions towards justice, self-mastery and courage, for instance, immediately from our birth: but still we seek Goodness in its highest sense as something distinct from these, and that these dispositions should attach to us in a somewhat different fashion.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

I know you're interested in getting a house, not merely a place where you hang up the old bonnet but a love-nest for the wife and kiddies—and maybe for the flivver out beyant (be sure and spell that b-e-y-a-n-t, Miss McGoun) the spud garden.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

But neither the French nor the Russians made that effort, and the flame of battle burned slowly out.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Universal grog and good fellowship on board both ships brought the ceremony to a close.”
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

The second bill, unlike the first, does establish forms of business; but such alone as would effectually prevent the council from being a reality, and would render it a useless pageant.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

One of the most important matters that the canal engineer and manager has to deal with, is the adoption of the form of boat best suited for the gauge of his canal and the character of the traffic to be dealt with.
— from Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals. by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans

"Dear Miss Craydocke!" said Leslie, with a warm brightness in her face, as she looked up, "the world is full of business; but so few people find out any but their own!
— from A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

This they agreed to, and to work they went; but whether it was that the fellows worked with a better will, or that the officers gave them more liquor, or that they found a new bank of oysters, which had not been found out before, but so it was, that the officers got as many pearls, and some of extraordinary size and beauty, as they afterwards sold, when they came to Peru, for three thousand two hundred and seventeen pieces of eight.
— from A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Daniel Defoe

The fact was, that Shane, not being fond of booklore, became sullen and fiercely sulky, as week followed week and he found himself a prisoner with no prospect of release.
— from My Lords of Strogue, Vol. 2 (of 3) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

This was not due to any fervour of belief, but simply to the fact that the Church at that time furnished almost the only sphere in which a [Pg 218] literary life could be pursued with comfort, without molestation, and with some adequate reward.
— from The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Thereafter, filled full of berries, bulbs, skunk-cabbage, hornets, and ants, Mrs. Bear decided to call it a day, and curled herself up to sleep under the roots of a fallen pine.
— from Wild Folk by Samuel Scoville