"And theye seye that it hathe ben there sithe the beginnynge of the World; and was sumtyme grene and bare Leves, unto the Tyme that Oure Lord dyede on the Cros; and thanne it dryede; and so dyden alle the Trees that weren thanne in the World.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

I speak not this as doubting any here; For did I but suspect a fearful man, He should have leave to go away betimes, Lest in our need he might infect another And make him of the like spirit to himself.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

In the palace, the high-born gentlemen and beautiful ladies danced with each other, and they could be heard at a great distance singing the following song:— "Here are maidens, young and fair, Dancing in the summer air; Like two spinning-wheels at play, Pretty maidens dance away— Dance the spring and summer through
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The two found themselves in a small chapel covered with a tapestry of Persian silk worked with gold, and brilliantly lighted with a vast number of candles.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Madisgrasya giyud ang babáying layaw, A woman that gallivants about is likely to get into trouble.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

These considerations give a base line from which the deviations and abnormalities of a particular case may be measured.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

" The woman gave a bitter laugh.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

“The corpse, being supposed at the bottom of the river, will there remain until, by some means, its specific gravity again becomes less than that of the bulk of water which it displaces.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Burns's correspondence, generally collected and publish'd since his death, gives wonderful glints into both the amiable and weak (and worse than weak) parts of his portraiture, habits, good and bad luck, ambition and associations.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

But he got into the saddle at last, and taking the bridle of his own horse in his hand he rode away, giving a backward look now and then to the man he was deserting.
— from The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.

Frank now gave a brutal lunge, and excited to madness by the shrieks of agony and helpless struggles of the poor girl, was buried in her in a moment, his ruthless prick breaking or tearing through every maiden obstacle, till the virgin blood trickled over his testicles and down the crack of her bottom.
— from The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies by Anonymous

3) Girls and boys, let your napkin lie open across your lap.
— from Manners and Conduct in School and Out by Anonymous

"Tell's a' aboot it, Grizzie, an' bena lang aither, for I maun gang to my father."
— from Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance by George MacDonald

Children climbed upon their mothers' breasts, and sought nourishment from the fountains that death had drained; girls and boys lay here and there with their throats cut from ear to ear; men and women, clinging 306 to each other in their terror, were found perforated with bullets or cut to pieces with knives—all were cruelly murdered!
— from Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe by J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

Here she was visited and greatly admired by Lord Brassey.
— from The Colonial Clippers by Basil Lubbock

Mr. Nowell asked his daughter's permission to light his cigar, and having obtained it, sat smoking moodily all the evening, staring into the fire, and very rarely addressing his companion, who had taken a Bible out of her travelling-bag, and was reading those solemn, chapters which best harmonised with her feelings at this moment; thinking as she read of the time when her guardian and benefactor lay in his last calm rest, and she had vainly tried to find comfort in the same words, and had found herself staring blankly at the sacred page, with eyes that were dry and burning, and to which there came no merciful relief from tears.
— from Fenton's Quest by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

On this road George Ann Butler lives, and has lived for the seventy-five years of her life.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Charles Reade, in that gallant and brilliant little book of his, "The Eighth Commandment," quotes from a letter written in Cologne, in 1851, the following passage:— "About thirty years ago the first translations from English were brought to the German market.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

We do not trust the love of God and bear life's burdens with cheerful courage.
— from A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock