the entire group representing a pictorial history of California, from her primitive state down to her present flourishing condition, under the flag of our Union.
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.

"They will have to go slowly up the long hill, and I'll catch them then," he thought as he tore over the ground, for he was a good runner and prided himself on his strong legs.
— from Spinning-Wheel Stories by Louisa May Alcott

My only hope was that something could be made out of the bog N. American forms, which you rank as a geographical race; and possibly hereafter out of the Sicilian species.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

The inundations of rivers, except in the depth of winter, always bring a number of these little creatures, which float on the surface on bits of stick, weeds, &c.; and where they deposit these articles when the water begins [Pg 519] to subside, you may generally reap a plentiful harvest of various kinds.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

The next morning, a Friday, she was to take the express before daybreak; and on such evenings as these, she had the habit of getting a very nice gown ready, and preparing her other garments, so as to be rapidly dressed, immediately she jumped out of bed.
— from The Monomaniac (La bête humaine) by Émile Zola

Or had he got up, not much the worse, and had he seen his face clearly, and, recognising that it was a Weston boy, would he come to the school and ask to go round and pick him out?
— from Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Lewis Hough

Therewithal he saw a Welsh knight, who was sore hurt by Sir Gawain, and to him Gareth rode and prayed him of his knighthood to lend him his green shield in exchange for his own.
— from Junior High School Literature, Book 1 by William H. (William Harris) Elson