How see the plan so well prepared When prudent friends my counsels shared, All ruined, like a host laid low Beneath some foeman's murderous blow.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

They pass through the air like balls, striking fresh faces, bouncing and falling into the dust, where an army of youngsters pick them up.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

She had not spirits to notice her in more than a few repulsive looks, but she felt her as a spy, and an intruder, and an indigent niece, and everything most odious.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Ab′lative, a term applied to a case of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns in Latin, Sanskrit, and some other languages; originally given to the case in Latin because separation from ( ab , from latus , taken) was considered to be one of the chief ideas expressed by the case.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting across from west to east.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

Original do not mean to recount all the little troubles and annoyances which thronged upon Tom at the beginning of this half-year, in his new character of bear-leader to a gentle little boy straight from home.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

Their spirit melted within them; and Euphemus sent forth the dove to dart forward in flight; and they all together raised their heads to look; but she flew between them, and the rocks again rushed together and crashed as they met face to face.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

She brewed a broth for them, and for La Boulaye she found a suit of her absent husband's clothes, whilst his own wet garments were spread to dry before the fire.
— from The Trampling of the Lilies by Rafael Sabatini

THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD ANTARCTIC 1910-1913 BY APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD With Panoramas, Maps, And Illustrations By The Late Doctor Edward A. Wilson And Other Members Of The Expedition IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME TWO Main Index Volume I CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LIMITED LONDON BOMBAY SYDNEY First published 1922 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN CONTENTS Page Contents v List of Illustrations vii List of Maps viii Chapter VIII
— from The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

'My lil' boy sick, Freiburger.'
— from Port Argent: A Novel by Arthur Colton

He then tried his own legs, but soon found himself in the hands of the soldiers, who brought him to head-quarters.
— from The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin

“Like most of those other buildings, this celebrated edifice also overhung the East and West sides of the Bridge; and there presented to the Thames two fronts, of scarcely less magnificence than it exhibited to Southwark and the City; the columns, windows, and carving, being similarly splendid; and, thus, equally [346] curious and interesting, was the Nonesuch House on London Bridge, seen from the water .
— from Chronicles of London Bridge by Richard Thompson

This Spaniard shewed them the hull of a small bark, supposed to have been left by Sir Francis Drake.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr