Most remarkable pony, extremely docile, eh, Mr Richard, eh sir?’ Dick would return some matter-of-course reply, and Mr Brass standing on the bottom rail of his stool, so as to get a view of the street over the top of the window-blind, would take an observation of the visitors.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Pausanias, however, in his Arcadia, gives another version of this story.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

Fable XII., Book VI. , gives another version of the same story.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

But at the “Trois Couronnes,” it must be added, there are other features that are much at variance with these suggestions: neat German waiters, who look like secretaries of legation; Russian princesses sitting in the garden; little Polish boys walking about held by the hand, with their governors; a view of the sunny crest of the Dent du Midi and the picturesque towers of the Castle of Chillon.
— from Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James

The riches of a capital diffuse themselves over the neighboring country, and the territory of Constantinople a paradise of nature, was adorned with the luxurious gardens and villas of the senators and opulent citizens.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

From the uplands he could get a view of the shaded cut part of the meadow below, with its grayish ridges of cut grass, and the black heaps of coats, taken off by the mowers at the place from which they had started cutting.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

“Got any views on the subject?”
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

It was off these islands that the ten generals of the Athenians gained a victory over the Spartans, B.C. 406.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Sir Harry, who was of an active inquisitive temperament, here signalized himself in the eyes of the natives by scrambling up to the top of a large shed, under which a junk was in course of construction, to get a view of the surrounding country, much to the horror of Mitford and myself, who were so orientalized by this time in our notions that we longed to see our chief conduct himself with the impassive dignity of a Japanese gentleman.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

For the present, for three days at least, I must arrange for a life on the water, in the little sarcophagus which is the cabin of this queer boat, under the roof of matting which gives a view of the sky through a thousand holes, and which to-night will permit the white frost to disturb our slumbers.
— from The Last Days of Pekin by Pierre Loti

The adjutant will send you your sword; and remember not to be restive at the mess, as it is probable you will be severely quizzed, the officers having heard of this Spanish donna, and got a version of the story very different from the real one."
— from The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in Spain, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

They advanced by the gardens and village on the south of the City, which afforded them shelter from our fire until they came opposite our S. E. Bastion where we had a 40-pounder and 9-pounder which gave them several rounds, but did not do them much damage, the practice being bad.
— from Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880 by Henry Francis Brooke

No one cared to know the composer’s name; like occupants of the baignoires , lost to view of the house, to gain a view of the stage, Pons and Schmucke eclipsed themselves by their success.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“Stinnes was greatly depressed and took as grave a view of the situation as I did myself.”
— from Albert Ballin by Bernhard Huldermann

They were met by a person who, from the plume in his hat, appeared to be an officer, and presently we saw several men with muskets on the top of the hill; this gave another view of the schooner's movements, and caused me to apprehend that England and France were either at war or very near it.
— from A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802 and 1803, in His Majesty's ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland schooner by Matthew Flinders

Near to this is the Rha, on the banks of which grows a vegetable of the same name, which is useful as a remedy for many diseases.
— from The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Ammianus Marcellinus

"She's an American, as sure as you live!" said the old sailor, after he had taken as good a view of the ship as he could get on account of the surrounding trees.
— from A Sailor in Spite of Himself by Harry Castlemon

Some excavations have been lately made in the Vigna Guidi, a vineyard on the south-east side of the Court of these Thermæ.
— from Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna by Robert Burn