In French, and still more in English, it is easy to enumerate long lists of pairs of words differing from each other only by the presence or absence of voice in the last sound; therefore final b and p , d and t , g and k , are kept rigidly apart; in German, on the other hand, there are very few such pairs, and thus nothing counterbalances the natural tendency to unvoice final consonants.'
— from On English Homophones Society for Pure English, Tract 02 by Robert Bridges

"Go, Klik," commanded the Nome King, and Klik ran away in great haste, for he was almost as much frightened as his master.
— from Rinkitink in Oz Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles That Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

When I'd loosed her arms from clingin' With her words the hoofs kep' ringin' As I galloped north alone— "Adios, mi corazon!"
— from Sun and Saddle Leather by Badger Clark

Before us, stretching for a hundred and fifty miles to the north and south, lay the grand coast-line of Kamchatka, rising abruptly in great purple promontories out of the blue sparkling sea, flecked here with white clouds and shreds of fleecy mist, deepening in places into a soft quivering blue, and sweeping backward and upward into the pure white snow of the higher peaks.
— from Tent Life in Siberia A New Account of an Old Undertaking; Adventures among the Koraks and Other Tribes In Kamchatka and Northern Asia by George Kennan

A. After the destruction of Korinthum, Rome abounded in Greek immigrants, and in Greek marble and bronze statues, friezes, pillars, and various movable works of art.
— from A Manual of the Historical Development of Art Pre-Historic—Ancient—Classic—Early Christian; with Special Reference to Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Ornamentation by G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi

This was the beginning of knowing Rose, and in good time her whole story was told,—a very simple one, but a record that stands for many like it.
— from Prisoners of Poverty Abroad by Helen Campbell

Her men were absent, and she and her domestics were the only garrison of the castle when he knocked roysterously at its gates: "The lady ran up to her towe-head, As fast as she could drie, To see if by her fair speeches She could with him agree.
— from The Black Colonel by James Milne