“I was in bed, papa; this man came to me, and brought me here in his arms,” answered the boy simply, pointing to the Shaman, beside whom he stood upon the rock, and who, with his eyes closed, kept swaying himself to and fro like a living pendulum.
— from Nightmare Tales by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

Next moment she glanced at the box again, and as her eye caught Keith's she gave him a glance of recognition.
— from Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page

Binnen haer Havenen ende Casteelen komende, salueerden de Casteelen met Eer-schoten (die oock wederom antwoorden)
— from The Sovereignty of the Sea An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters by Thomas Wemyss Fulton

She had not been long at home ere Captain Kirle sends her word that, if it pleased her, she might buy four of her own six horses again, assuring her, by her father's servant and tenant, that she should not fear being plundered any more by the Earl of Stamford's forces while they were in those parts.
— from Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Howitt

None of his enemies can know so well as he the utter earthenness of the vessel in which the heavenly treasure is deposited.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians by James Denney

the author of the wiggle signed H. E. C. kindly send his or her address to the editor?
— from Harper's Young People, June 21, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various