To these mighty beings, whose handiwork he traced in all the gorgeous and varied pageantry of nature, man now addressed himself, humbly confessing his dependence on their invisible power, and beseeching them of their mercy to furnish him with all good things, to defend him from the perils and dangers by which our mortal life is compassed about on every hand, and finally to bring his immortal spirit, freed from the burden of the body, to some happier world, beyond the reach of pain and sorrow, where he might rest with them and with the spirits of good men in joy and felicity for ever.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The same expedient was used by the knight and me, who, with the doctor, entered the chamber at this juncture, and found Frogmore enthroned on an easing-chair, under the pressure of a double evacuation.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The next day, as we proceeded down the line, we passed some troop trains going up with men who had just arrived fresh from England—I think some of the Scots Guards, the Manchesters, and the Lancashire Fusiliers.
— from A Nurse's Life in War and Peace by E. C. (Eleanor Constance) Laurence

Well-shaped, too, was Uncle Jack, about five feet eight, the proper height for an active man of business.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 by Various

He got much good healthy human vindictive satisfaction in evicting her violently from the French chateau he had given her, and remembering that, of course, she was just a "fool freak Englishwoman—prob'ly a bloomin' stoodent" he scorned, and so settled her!
— from Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Sinclair Lewis

Just a flash, for example, of a monstrous lizard-like thing too great to support its own bulk: or a creature all neck and tail, with ridges of scale on its armored hide and a small serpentine head weaving back and forth among the jungle growths.
— from The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst

Mitcham, collected by Mrs. Pratt 2 2 0 Princes Risborough, Missionary Association, by Mr. Hughes 13 16 10 Perth, for Female Education, by Rev. R. Thompson 8 0 0 Harpole, collected at Prayer-meeting, by Rev. W. Gray 2 0 0 Cambridge, Ladies, by Mrs. Foster, Female Education 10 0 0 Gosley, Rev. B. Hall and Friends 2 0 0 Leeds, Ladies, by Rev. J. Acworth, for Female Education 6 14 0 Wilts.
— from The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various

I went broke in the stock market, tried for over six months to land a job, and finally found employment with Mr. Hamilton, and have been here ever since.
— from The Money Gods by Ellery H. (Ellery Harding) Clark

And the front end or front bumper of the blue and cream automobile is just a few feet east of the automobile drive over on the west side of the Paine premises?
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Then appeared Joseph as flying from Egypt; a woman representing a virgin with a young child upon her lap, and mounted on an ass, which was led by Joseph, who had a basket of tools on his back, and a long staff in his hand.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

When summoned before a justice, and fined for entertaining Negroes after nine o'clock, they paid the penalty with a willingness and alacrity that alarmed the slave-holding caste.
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams