The coachman throws down the reins and gets down himself, and the other outside passengers drop down also; except those who have no great confidence in their ability to get up again; and they remain where they are, and stamp their feet against the coach to warm them—looking, with longing eyes and red noses, at the bright fire in the inn bar, and the sprigs of holly with red berries which ornament the window.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

He had spent the greater portion of his life either at Rome, Naples, or in the Alban villa given him by Domitian.
— from Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler

Talk about something else, or I must go!” Here Walter, who had been shivering with cold, began to grow warm again as he answered: “How could you write that poem, Lady Lufa—full of such grand things about love, declaring love everything and rank nothing; and then, when it came to yourself, treat me like this!
— from Home Again by George MacDonald

They had a long trip [12] which ended in both fame and fortune, and in going over the Rockies they solved a mystery of the air, later effecting a rescue near the clouds, over the ocean.
— from The Motor Boys Under the Sea; or, From Airship to Submarine by Clarence Young

The barons, reduced to this desperate extremity, and menaced with the total loss of their liberties, their properties, and their lives, employed a remedy no less desperate; and making applications to the court of France, they offered to acknowledge Lewis, the eldest son of Philip, for their sovereign, on condition that he would afford them protection from the violence of their enraged prince.
— from The History of England, Volume I From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 by David Hume

Cruger promptly replied that he should defend the fort till the last extremity, and regarded neither the threats nor the promises of the American general.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

That evening passed uneventfully and the lads enjoyed a refreshing night, with the cool breezes from the sea blowing over their swaying hammocks.
— from The Battleship Boys at Sea; Or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin

E. F. E. + Boston Transcript p6 S 15 ‘17 1150w “The council at the ‘Valley of bones’ is the most thrilling and picturesque part of a lively, exciting and readable narrative.” + Lit D 55:42 O 27 ‘17 200w + Nation 105:694 D 20 ‘17 150w “A fascinating mixture of fact and fiction.” + N Y Times 22:353 S 23 ‘17 880w “This latest volume, with its ominous title, ‘Finished,’ shows us two things clearly: One is that this particular type of romance of adventure, ... with its long-winded periods and utter lack of characterization in dialog needed a rich imagination that provided thrills in plenty and all the action required to sweep the reader along in a fascination that forgot the cumbersome writing; and the second thing is that Rider Haggard’s once so enviably rich and fertile imagination is, if not exactly finished, at least slowing down to an extent that necessitates a change of style to make his books acceptable.”
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various