And the same confusion will happen at Υξ between e and f , if the Refraction be very great, or the Prism very distant from the Object-glasses: In which case no parts of the Rings will be seen, save only two little Arcs at e and f , whose distance from one another will be augmented by removing the Prism still farther from the Object-glasses: And these little Arcs must be distinctest and [Pg 240] whitest at their middle, and at their ends, where they begin to grow confused, they must be colour'd.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

But whispered news there came, That, while his host inactive lay, And melted by degrees away, King James was dallying off the day With Heron’s wily dame.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

The breeze had freshened a little, and my boat drifted about fast enough for trollin', and feelin' a little drowsy, I tied the end of the line to the cleets across the knees of the boat, and lay down in the bottom with my hand out over the side holdin' the line.
— from Wild Northern Scenes Or, Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by S. H. (Samuel H.) Hammond

For the hundredth time the Lieutenant and Mrs Barnett discussed all the bearings of the case, and then Hobson inquired if any important changes had taken place in the appearance of the districts between Cape Bathurst and Walruses’ Bay?
— from The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude by Jules Verne

She felt herself, in spite of her efforts to keep even with them; left behind and left out, as later age must be distanced and excluded by youth.
— from April Hopes by William Dean Howells

They ushered him through many halls and at last into a large and most beautifully decorated apartment situated at the end of a long vista of salons.
— from Told on the Pagoda: Tales of Burmah by Mimosa

The whole weapon was about six feet nine inches to seven feet in length, and may be described as one-third visible shaft, one-third shaft in iron socket, and the remainder a slender iron rod bearing a large head.
— from British and Foreign Arms & Armour by Charles Henry Ashdown

It is now easy to define the distinction between identification and such extreme developments of being in love as may be described as fascination or infatuation.
— from Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud

When the mates had more gold than they could carry in their belts with comfort, and trustworthy gold-buyers were not available, choosing a suitable hour long after midnight, Burton dug a hole near the tent, Jim keeping careful watch the while to make sure they were not observed.
— from In the Roaring Fifties by Edward Dyson

Residing there, and doing all sorts of drudgery pertaining to that kind of life, it happened one day, as he was going, about noontide, with his staff upon his shoulder, from one farm to another, that he passed through a pleasant grove, which, as it was then the month of May, was all in bloom; from whence, as his stars led him, he came into a meadow surrounded with high trees, in one corner of which was a crystal spring, and by the side of it, upon the grass, lay a most beautiful damsel asleep, clothed with a mantle so exceedingly fine and delicate, as scarcely to conceal underneath the exquisite whiteness of her skin; only from her waist downwards she wore a white silken quilt, and at her feet were sleeping likewise two women and a man servant.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11 by John Dryden

He would not rob a church, but that is all; and a pretty long argument may be debated, as to which of these old types, the spendthrift, the hypocrite, Jones and Blifil, Charles and Joseph Surface,—is the worst member of society and the most deserving of censure.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

As soon as you are perfectly mistress of the art of riding gracefully from balance, and can walk, canter, and trot, both fast and slowly, without any assistance save that which your grip of the pommels and slight help from the stirrup combine to afford you, the latter adjunct may be discarded altogether for awhile, and you may ride for an hour or so every day without it.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.