Being almost spent, I thought I should have sunk down at last, and never got out; but I may say, as in Psalm 94.18, "When my foot slipped, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up."
— from Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson

The old prince had changed in appearance only by the loss of a tooth, which left a noticeable gap on one side of his mouth; in character he was the same as ever, only showing still more irritability and skepticism as to what was happening in the world.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

'His deeds, at least, are not godlike,' observed Lord Cadurcis dryly, and with some bitterness.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

It gains various expression in words that seem hot on a young man's lips, and warm on the same lips even when no longer young: I'll borrow life, and not grow old; And nightingales and trees Shall keep me, though the veins be cold, As young as Sophocles .
— from Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse

The following is a discussion of the authors' theory: When loose sand is mixed with water, its volume or bulk is increased; subsequent jarring will decrease its volume, but still leave a net gain of about 10 per cent.
— from Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

They led us to their Temple in a line; And Nefrekepta gave ox, goose, and wine, And brought to Isis and Harpocrates Rite and oblation and all dues divine.
— from The Story of Nefrekepta, from a Demotic Papyrus by Gilbert Murray

Both the latter are now grown old and grey.
— from The Life of Man: A Play in Five Acts by Leonid Andreyev

I do believe that you will never change at all, however long you may live, and never grow old.”
— from Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

This leaves a net gain of fifteen associations: a very respectable figure, it must be admitted.
— from John Bull's Womankind (Les Filles de John Bull) by Max O'Rell

Nor is it any Thing new with us, when our Enemies think they have brought us under, to be wasting and destroying their Lands, and never give over till we have cast them out of their Thrones, and wrested their Scepters out of their Hands.
— from The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

She lies quite low, and never goes out.
— from The Day of Temptation by William Le Queux