In the gloom the courtyard looked of considerable size, and as several dark ways led from it under great round arches, it perhaps seemed bigger than it really is.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

I also observe beaver and Several otter in galletines river as I passed along.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

This mode of attack the Syracusans had with good reason adopted in preference to fighting at close quarters, as to risk a struggle with desperate men was now more for the advantage of the Athenians than for their own; besides, their success had now become so certain that they began to spare themselves a little in order not to be cut off in the moment of victory, thinking too that, as it was, they would be able in this way to subdue and capture the enemy.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

To Cordova came from all parts of the world students eager to cultivate poetry, to study the sciences, or to be instructed in divinity or law; so that it became the meeting-place of the eminent in all matters, the abode of the learned, and the place of resort for the studious; its interior was always filled with the eminent and the noble of all countries, its literary men and soldiers were continually vying with each other to gain renown, and its precincts never ceased to be the arena of the distinguished, the racecourse of readers, the halting- place of the noble, and the repository of the true and virtuous.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

My stay in Dresden was marked by an amorous souvenir of which I got rid, as in previous similar circumstances, by a diet of six weeks.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

As his gloomy rage abated, in proportion did his compassion augment for Antonia.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

I may add that the first pole planted is called Turus Tuah ( tua? ), and if the response of the spirits to the invocation be favourable, it is believed that it will enter the ground readily, as if pulled from below.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

We stood on the edge of this great room, and I pondered the scene before my eyes.
— from Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd

The blind man flung himself into the icy glacier water, as if he were pursued by the fire-brands of hell, and the cataract came splashing on to him, throwing him down; the cold waves of the pure and purifying element rushed over him with a deafening roar; the burning pulses of his blood turned to ice under it, his limbs grew rigid, and it penetrated to his very heart like the icy touch of death.
— from The Hour Will Come: A Tale of an Alpine Cloister. Volumes I and II by Wilhelmine von Hillern

They say it takes a long time and much whiskey to affect one bitten by a rattler, but this case seemed to be an exception; in a few moments, my head was going round, and I prostrate on a couch.
— from On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck A Tempestous Voyage of Four Thousand and Ninety-Six Miles Across the American Continent on a Burro, in 340 Days and 2 Hours, Starting Without a Dollar and Earning My Way by R. Pitcher (Robert Pitcher) Woodward

A high population growth rate and internal political dissension complicate the government's task.
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

I tried to preserve my own household “pure and peaceable and of good report,” and I plead with my five girls to avoid all looseness of expression.
— from Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories by Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) Merrick

“You will meet, sir" said young Custis to the inquirer, “with an old gentleman riding alone, in plain drab clothes, a broad-brimmed white hat, a hickory switch in his hand, and carrying an umbrella with a long staff, which is attached to his saddle-bow—that person, sir, is General Washington.”
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing

THE PASS OUT OF IRELAND FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR, AT GREAT RISK, APPLIED IN PERSON AT DUBLIN
— from Doing My Bit For Ireland by Margaret Skinnider

"You will meet, sir," replied his friend, "an old gentleman riding alone in plain drab clothes, a broad-
— from The Story of American History for Elementary Schools by Albert F. (Albert Franklin) Blaisdell

It is in line with Maimonides's general rationalistic and intellectualistic point of view when he undertakes to find a reason for every commandment, where no reason is given in the Law.
— from A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik