And down to earth sank Lothar, On floor he set his feet; He crouched, on haunches sitting, The joints with sword he split; On bones it fell unerring, No dainty part he hit!
— from Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Complete by Arthur Herbert Leahy

Rain came, more and more frequently, until no day passed without rain, and the land was washed clean of winter, and rinsed, and became deep mud, that oozed and gasped under foot.
— from If You Touch Them They Vanish by Gouverneur Morris

They fix upon no definite period in reference to the origin of their confederacy.
— from Birch Bark Legends of Niagara by Owahyah

I pass very well now for un Nattif de Parry .
— from The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 (of 2) An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

Author Criminal Law and the United Nations, The Use of Forensic Psychology ( police textbook ), and The Night People ( fiction; under nom de plume R. A. James ).
— from Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... by Randall Garrett