Read "Fra Lippo Lippi" or "Andrea del Sarto," and tell what is meant by a dramatic monologue.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Till the light of another day, serene and wan, Pierces the eastern skies.
— from India's Love Lyrics by Laurence Hope

We feel no inclination for anything else, and smack our lips over a drop such as you would not think of tasting, with as much relish as ever any one did over the best sherry or champagne.
— from Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia From Melbourne To The Gulf Of Carpentaria by William John Wills

10 These circumstances, which are to be laid to the account not only of individuals but likewise of a domineering system and the spirit of a time not so very far distant even now, attest that real industrial activity must go hand in hand with mercantile spirit in order to maintain itself in the world free from the influences above pointed out and enter the lists with competition.
— from The Lead Pencil Manufactory of A. W. Faber at Stein near Nürnberg, Bavaria An Historical Sketch by Faber-Castell (Firm)

"You have, as a part of your machine, a peculiarly shaped quartz mercury vapour lamp, and the mercury vapour lamp of a design such as that I saw has been invented for the especial purpose of producing ultra-violet rays in large quantity.
— from The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Not a light of any description showed about the building, nor was there a sound to be heard save the soft lap and splash of the water on the margin of the beach to the left of them, and the sough of the land breeze among the trees and bushes on their right.
— from Two Gallant Sons of Devon: A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess by Harry Collingwood

Yea and tho he formerly had (especially by his Mistris) the name of behaving himself like a second Mars; yet now he'l play the sick-hearted, (I dare not say the faint-hearted) to the end he may, having put on his fine knotted Scarf, and powdered Periwig, only go to shew himself to that adorable Babe, his Lady Venus, Leaving oftentimes a desperate siege, and important State affairs, to accompany a lame, squint-ey'd, and crook-back'd Jeronimo .
— from The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by A. Marsh

He was capable of being an expiatory victim for the sins of the whole people, precisely because he least of all deserved such a fate.
— from The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews

So spake he, and smote him on the circle of his shield; through the shining shield passed the strong spear, and through the fair-dight corslet it was thrust, and tore clean off the flesh of the flanks, but Pallas Athens did not suffer it to mingle with the bowels of the hero, and Odysseus knew that the dart had in nowise lighted on a deadly spot, and drawing backward, he spake unto Sokos "Ah, wretched one, verily sheer destruction is come upon thee.
— from The Iliad by Homer