“There are no trains before six in the morning; so he can't get away by rail.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

Time to get a bath round the corner.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

being himself a brother of this fraternity or guild of St. John Baptist, of tailors or linen-armourers (as divers other his predecessors kings before him had been, to wit, Richard III., Edward IV., Henry V., Henry IV., and Richard II.); and for that divers of that fraternity had, time out of mind, been great merchants, and had frequented all sorts of merchandises into most parts of the world, to the honour of the king’s realm, and to the great profit of his subjects, and of his progenitors; and the men of the said mystery, during the time aforesaid, had exercised the buying and selling of all wares and merchandises, especially of woollen cloth, as well in gross, as by retail, throughout all this realm of England, and chiefly within the said city; therefore he, of his especial grace, did change, transfer, and translate the guild aforesaid, and did incorporate them into the name of the Master and Wardens of the Merchant-tailors of the fraternity of St. John Baptist, in the city of London.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

There likewise arrived with Barba a certain Francisco Lopez, who settled at Guatimala, and became regidor of that place.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

It will grow also by returning there, when home has become a part of the world or a refuge from it; but even then the profoundest messages will come from religion and from solitary dreams.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

but if you are not good—you know, I've 120 got a birch rod.
— from The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

In view of the increased facilities for communication between independent governments afforded by railroads and telegraphs, the general diffusion of accurate geographical and commercial knowledge, and the almost total disuse of the secret diplomacy of former times, it has been seriously considered whether this class of rather expensive officials might not be dispensed with altogether.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

In a hostile country camps should be selected, if possible, where grazing is good and beyond rifle range of cover for an enemy.
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

When they reached the fields beyond the wood, the dawn of morning tinged the horizon; and having gained a better road, they rode on at a brisk pace, and soon got a sight of the glimmering of the Neckar, not far from the high vaulted bridge which they were to pass.
— from The Banished: A Swabian Historical Tale by Wilhelm Hauff

"If I don't get a big root Dr. Possum will, perhaps, send me hack for more.
— from Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Howard Roger Garis

"They may be scientific, or soldiers, philosophers, or musicians, but if they're Germans or Belgians or Austrians, or anything of that sort, they always get bowled over by a young girl, a blue ribbon, plumpness, or fair hair."
— from The Limit by Ada Leverson

It may thus be seen that the system which permitted public prosecutions on the motion of private citizens was attended by both good and bad results.
— from The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. 2 (of 2) The Roman Trial by Walter M. (Walter Marion) Chandler

It was then that I saw him not as a divine incarnation with a bright golden aura, but rather as an opportunistic Ph.D. with smooth social skills.
— from Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult by Mark E. Laxer

The fact that there is no appearance of compression on the moon makes us think of why there is none, and the only explanation that occurs to us is, that, as its rotation must have come to an end gradually, the compression it must have had when rotating must have disappeared gradually also, by reason of the differences of force in the equatorial [48] and polar attractions, drawing in the bulged out, and thus forcing out the compressed parts.
— from New Theories in Astronomy by Willam Stirling

"Now that's got a big, round, iron wheel on it, and we can take that off, just as well as not, and use it on the airship.
— from Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds by Howard Roger Garis