They went in groups of five or six, hunting in packs like wolves over the countryside; moreover, they're just as voracious as dogfish, if I can believe a certain Copenhagen professor who says that from one dolphin's stomach, he removed thirteen porpoises and fifteen seals.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

I. Under the reign of Justice and Vataces, a dispute arose 12 between two officers, one of whom accused the other of maintaining the hereditary right of the Palæologi
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In splendor it was equal to Jupiter and Venus, and did not change its position in two years.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

Alden (T. J. Fox) and Hoesen (J. A. van), A Digest of the Laws of Mississippi .
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

Sir Nicholas and Geoffrey are laughing over some old story that has been brought to their recollection by this idle chattering about the Chetwoodes' ball; Jack and Violet are deep in some topic of their own.
— from Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Notwithstanding all their cities were burned time and time again; notwith- standing all the men, women and children were put to the edge of the sword; notwithstanding the taking of all their cattle and sheep, they went right on fighting just as valiantly and desperately as ever.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

He was like a rebellious boy, and Clara disliked that mood in him, because he was rather rough and cumbrous in his humour, cracked gusty and rather stupid jokes, ate voraciously, and drank like a carter.
— from Mummery: A Tale of Three Idealists by Gilbert Cannan

I put away a part of my jars and vases and deliberately thought out what flowers I would use before gathering them.
— from The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright