She shall be buried by her Antony; No grave upon the earth shall clip in it
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

of the river through which we passed to the Village of 4 Houses, they gave us to eate Some fish, and Sold us, fish, Wap pa to roots three dogs and 2 otter Skins for which we gave fish hooks principally of which they were verry fond.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues—every stately or lovely emblazoning—the sweet tinges of sunset skies and woods; yea, and the gilded velvets of butterflies, and the butterfly cheeks of young girls; all these are but subtile deceits, not actually inherent in substances, but only laid on from without; so that all deified Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within; and when we proceed further, and consider that the mystical cosmetic which produces every one of her hues, the great principle of light, for ever remains white or colorless in itself, and if operating without medium upon matter, would touch all objects, even tulips and roses, with its own blank tinge—pondering all this, the palsied universe lies before us a leper; and like wilful travellers in Lapland, who refuse to wear coloured and colouring glasses upon their eyes, so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect around him.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

It was an eerie sensation, being borne along into the dead heart of the rock we knew not whither, but I was getting used to eerie sensations by this time, and by now was pretty well prepared for anything.
— from She by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

But the question [369] remains whether this identification bore fruit in other parts of the law also, or whether it was confined to one particular branch, where the Roman law was grafted upon the English stock.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

There can be no doubt, however, that the lions passant guardant upon the English shield have always been represented as lions , no matter what they may have been called, and the use of the term leopard in heraldry to signify a certain position for the lion never received any extensive sanction, and has long since become obsolete in British armory.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

But why of that epocha make such a fuss, That gave us th' Electoral stem?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

He said he had never got up too early since that morning: it had been such a warning to him.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Will the Christian world because of that preposterous claim that Christ's friends and followers are not proper witnesses of his life and character, give up the evidence supplied in the testimonies of his friends to the uprightness and purity of his life, and the divinity of himself and his mission?
— from A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

All that is needed now are some exact observations to give us the exact spot."
— from Air Service Boys Over the Rhine; Or, Fighting Above the Clouds by Charles Amory Beach

There was no village, and no summer road any farther in this direction, but a winter road, that is, one passable only when deep snow covers its inequalities, from Greenville up the east side of the lake to Lily Bay, about twelve miles.
— from The Maine Woods The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 03 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

With the mind's eye one can see the indivisible atoms giving up their electrons, see the invisible hosts, in numbers beyond the power of mathematics to compute, being summoned and marshalled by some mysterious commander and [Pg 203] hurled in terrible fiery phalanxes across the battlefield of the storm.
— from The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

It can give us the exact science of mind in the process of becoming.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

In a sequestered part of this beautiful ground, under the embowering shades of Acacia trees, upon the ruins of a little temple, we seated ourselves, and were regaled by some charming italian duets, which were sung by Madame S—— and her lovely daughter, with the most enchanting pathos.
— from The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir

As he approached a fork in the road, Miss Farnsworth and Betty came galloping up the east split of the fork—the one which did not lead toward Hempstead Farms.
— from Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various