Accept of it, Deare Lord ° , in gentle gree , And better lynes, ere long ° , shall honor thee .
— from The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo by Thomas Nash

For as when we are woke by a great and bright light, everything that the soul has seen in dreams is vanished and fled, so the Sun is wont to banish the remembrance of past changes and chances, and to bewitch the intelligence, pleasure and admiration causing this forgetfulness.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

The burgher was delighted with this gift and bowed low, expressing his thanks and gratitude.
— from Four Arthurian Romances by Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century

“Nettle-tops, sir,” was the answer, and had we not been told, it is probable that we should have guessed and blundered long ere we could hit upon it.
— from Nether Lochaber The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands by Stewart, Alexander, Rev.

—From Dipodomys ordii celeripes , D. o. pallidus differs in: Size larger; color generally darker, although some specimens are lighter; skull larger; nasals longer and more flared distally; interorbital width greater; auditory bullae larger; external auditory meatus larger.
— from Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii KU. Vol 1 No 23 by Henry W. Setzer

Baratamay married Gimbulānan and begot Lalanū, entitled Baya Budtung, who married Sultan Barahamān and died without offspring; she was overshadowed by Panabwan, a lady of Tajiman.
— from Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

As my eye-ball sloughed day by day, I could see the light going away by little, every day till the week’s end.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew

He was not young, but he had a boyish grin and bright little eyes.
— from The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey

High hills of gravel and bowlders lie east of the 25 cañon and extend toward Foster’s.
— from Old Mines of Southern California Desert-Mountain-Coastal Areas Including the Calico-Salton Sea Colorado River Districts and Southern Counties by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks