They did so with the utmost heartiness; which being observed by a contiguous monkey, that animal got up a tree, where he delivered himself of the wisdom following: "There is nothing so touching as these expressions of mutual regard between animals who are vulgarly believed to hate one another.
— from Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce

On a fine evening the view past the fort towards the Bocche is enchanting, but when scirocco blows, and the foam splashes high up the rocks, it is not safe to approach the edge.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

These being smoothed away, if necessary several times, and the edges fitting exactly, they were rubbed with da'ma , a sort of glue that in course of time became as hard as iron.
— from In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang

There is no sound to attract the ear, save the [45] measured tread of the caravan, the occasional " Isa! Isa! " of the drivers, the hasty wrench with which our camels snatch a mouthful of some ligneous plant that clings to the stony soil, the creaking of the baggage, or the whistling of the wind that comes moaning over the desert.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

There is no such thing as the equality of man there.
— from Ruth's Marriage in Mars: A Scientific Novel by Glass, Charles Wilder, Mrs.

It is not surprising that at the end of the first game he found himself the better by two glasses of moderate Burgundy, and the worse by ten golden pieces stamped with the image of King George.
— from Katerfelto: A Story of Exmoor by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

He could not have lived long, but every second of consciousness must have been an eternity of horror, for there is no such thing as time except as to mode of measurement, and a measurement such as that would compass ages unthinkable.
— from The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine

The tym[e] Is now sir that all that eyther thrust Christ Jesus to r[e]ing in this yle, the liberties of the sam
— from The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women by John Knox