The first who deserved the sultan's reward was Hassan the Janizary, of gigantic stature and strength.
— 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

The jolly old grandfather says to the wild young grandson, “I have brought you up and educated you, Fred; I have put you in the way of getting on in life; you have bolted a little out of course, as young fellows often do; and you shall never have another chance, nor the ghost of half a one.”
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

H2 anchor THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23d of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

(p105) Jaime Olot guardó silencio.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

It was built in the fourteenth century by John of Gaunt, son of Edward III, who took up his residence at the castle on the death of his father, and spent the remainder of his life in adding to its magnificence.
— from The Country of Sir Walter Scott by Charles S. (Charles Sumner) Olcott

Suddenly there came, as from the face of the cliff, a thing like a cloudy jet of golden steam.
— from The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson

The fire of the French batteries was immediately concentrated upon the devoted craft with increased energy; and presently little jets of greyish smoke, issuing here and there from her sides, showed that the enemy was effectively firing red-hot shot.
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood