That this cultus was quite general in pre-Buddhistic Japan, as in many other ancient countries, is certain from the proofs of language, literature, external monuments and relics which are sufficiently numerous.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

After some time spent in peeping, grinning, and chattering, he at last espied me, and reaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse, although I often shifted place to avoid him, he at length seized the lappet of my coat (which, being made of that country silk, was very thick and strong), and dragged me out.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

After some time spent in peeping, grinning, and chattering, he at last espied me; and reaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse, although I often shifted place to avoid him, he at length seized the lappet of my coat (which being made of that country silk, was very thick and strong), and dragged me out.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

He went to his labor each morning, and returned in the evening.
— from Honest Wullie; and Effie Patterson's Story by Lydia L. Rouse

Its expression was lively, even merry, almost roguish, his lips parted in an alert smile, his blue eyes sparkling.
— from The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White

It was his habit to go to London every morning and return every evening.
— from Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 1 of 3) by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

He was now some distance from the beach, beyond the white-capped breakers, and, as the tide was receding, the frail craft was of course drifting farther and farther from land each moment, a reflection that might have caused any one a start, while to Fritz, bound and helpless, it was the next thing to being alarming.
— from Fritz to the Front, or, the Ventriloquist Scamp-Hunter by Edward L. (Edward Lytton) Wheeler

Look for distortion of leading edges, main and rear spars, trailing edges, tail-plane and controlling surfaces.
— from The Aeroplane Speaks by H. (Horatio) Barber

This noted contest lasted eighteen months, as Reynolds says, and, the State being sparsely populated, he enjoyed the personal acquaintance of almost every voter.
— from Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) Stevenson

He abandoned Apulia and Lucania, even Metapontum, and retired with his troops to the land of the Bruttians, whose ports formed his only means of withdrawal from Italy.
— from The History of Rome, Book III From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States by Theodor Mommsen

And the man of many years and large experience made a remark I shall not forget.
— from The Camp-life of the Third Regiment by Robert Thomas Kerlin

Wood records such a state of mind in John Nicolls, who, in 1577 left England, made a recantation of his heresy, and was "received into the holy Catholic Church."
— from English Travellers of the Renaissance by Clare Howard