"Or,—as I steadfastly believe,—what if he has no knowledge of this wealth?" "My dear cousin," said Judge Pyncheon, with a quietude which he had the power of making more formidable than any violence, "since your brother's return, I have taken the precaution (a highly proper one in the near kinsman and natural guardian of an individual so situated) to have his deportment and habits constantly and carefully overlooked.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Spaniards found traces of gold all along this part of the country, and Saavedra named the island Isla del Oro , the Island of Gold; but his description of the natives, whom he found to be black, with short crisped hair or wool, similar to those of the coast of Guinea in Africa, gave rise, no doubt, to the alteration in the name, for at a later date the island became known as Nova Guinea , or New Guinea.
— from The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. by George Collingridge

My morning walk up to the beech wood often brings me new knowledge and new glimpses of nature.
— from Under the Maples by John Burroughs

The oldest and nearest kinsman and natural guardian of the boys—old Mr. Willcoxen—had, of course, received them into his house to be reared and educated; but no education would he afford the lads beyond that dispensed by the village schoolmaster, who could very well teach them that ten dimes make a dollar, and ten dollars an eagle; and who could also instruct them how to write their own names—for instance, at the foot of receipts of so many hundred dollars for so many hogsheads of tobacco; or to read other men's signatures, to wit, upon the backs of notes of hand, payable at such a time, or on such a day.
— from The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Now beleeve me Sir (answered the Hoste) you seeme worthy to have a good service indeede, and I know a Noble Gentleman of this Cittie, who is named Egano : he wil (without all question) accept your offer, for hee keepeth many men of verie good deserving, and you shall have my furtherance therein so much as may be.
— from The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) Containing an hundred pleasant Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio

I am, as you know, a normal graduate of 1891.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 05, May, 1896 by Various

The grass is a native of South [Pg 25] Africa, properly known as Napier grass, or Pennisetum macrostachyum , introduced by the Department in 1913.
— from Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Florida State Live Stock Association

We went on our way by the river, and passed under Kemeys, a noble grey old house, with [Pg 152] mullioned windows and Elizabethan chimneys.
— from Far Off Things by Arthur Machen