In India the natives spoke different dialects which only a few people understood, so she was not surprised when Martha used words she did not know.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Understand this firstling was Once a brisk and bonny lass, Kept as close as Danae was, Who a sprightly springald loved; And to have it fully proved, Up she got upon a wall, 'Tempting down to slide withal; But the silken twist untied, So she fell, and, bruised, she died.
— from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

Ab utrôque 5 rês bene gesta est; nam Caesar tam celeriter in hostium fînîs pervênit ut spatium 6 côpiâs côgendî nôn darêtur 7 ; et Labiênus dê Germânîs tam grave supplicium sûmpsit ut nêmô ex
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The first party, under Shaikh Abu-l Barakat, journeyed westward, by Udaipur, through Gujarat, Saurashtra and Cutch, Lakhpat and Hyderabad (the capital of the Sindi government); crossed the Indus to Tatta, proceeded up the right bank to Sehwan; recrossed, and continued on the left bank as far as Khairpur, the residence of one of the triumvirate governors of Sind, and having reached the insulated Bakhar [14] (the capital of the Sogdoi of Alexander), returned by the desert of Umrasumra to Jaisalmer, Marwar, and Jaipur, and joined me in camp at Narwar.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

It is difficult to imagine any equitable reason, why those who either brew or distil for private use should not be subject to a composition of the same kind.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Meanwhile the rebels in Ithome, unable to prolong further a ten years' resistance, surrendered to Lacedaemon; the conditions being that they should depart from Peloponnese under safe conduct, and should never set foot in it again: any one who might hereafter be found there was to be the slave of his captor.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

In spite of the severe frost some hundred generals and staff officers in full parade uniform stood in front of the castle, as well as a guard of honor of the Semënov regiment.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

His eyes, roving around the room, fell presently upon something white on the floor.
— from Triple Spies by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

This is their language:— “It would be politic, … if, on effecting the proposed reduction of the postage rates , the privilege of Parliamentary franking were to be abolished, and the privilege of official franking placed under strict limitation,—petitions to [Pg 77] Parliament and Parliamentary documents being still allowed to go free.”
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

It was this: He would follow Polly until she found a place to suit him, but when she did find such a place she shouldn't have a chance to change her mind again.
— from The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

The man with a gesture of anger turned and gave instructions to a number of men, who pushed their way through the crowd, first picking up some of the fallen hammers and axes.
— from At Agincourt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

It was their excuse for paying us six dollars a week.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

But here Tenesco comes with Speed important; His Looks and Face presage us something new.
— from Ponteach The Savages of America by Robert Rogers

When I finally plucked up sufficient courage to do so, I found he had been there and taken little Jim.
— from Fighting Byng: A Novel of Mystery, Intrigue and Adventure by A. Stone

Mine, however, cannot be wrong, since the term “first principles,” that I have chosen, is one of familiar popular use; so that were this mode of speech, as indeed it is, peculiarly liable to ambiguity, it would, for that very reason, be preferable to any other, till such time as that ambiguity [ 35 ] should have been explained, and
— from Essays in Rationalism by Charles Robert Newman

The first is Dr. Nowel, sometime dean of the cathedral church of St. Paul, in London, where his monument stands yet undefaced; a man that, in the reformation of Queen Elizabeth, not that of Henry VIII., was so noted for his meek spirit, deep learning, prudence, and piety, that the then Parliament and Convocation, both, chose, enjoined, and trusted him to be the man to make a Catechism for public use, such a one as should stand as a rule for faith and manners to their posterity.
— from The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton