Even Scottish fishermen who fished at the North Isles were exempt; and when an attempt was made some years later to force them to pay, the burghs obtained a decree of absolvitor from the court and the Privy Council, on the ground that the tax could only be levied on “green” or fresh fish landed, and not on herrings cured on board ( see p. 166 ).
— from The Sovereignty of the Sea An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters by Thomas Wemyss Fulton

so much has been written that I will only mention their names, and give you a slight sketch of Mr. Faribault, a most genial gentleman, of particularly courteous manners, very literary, of good old French family, and universally respected.
— from Old Memories: Amusing and Historical by MacPherson, Daniel, Mrs.

Could the one forever at peace, with leave from wind and wave to grow its verdure and twine its tendrils just where it would,— could it feel for the life-points against which the Gulf-Stream only now and then sent up a cheering bit of warmth, whilst the soul of the cliff saw its own land of greenness, only far, far away over the waters, but could not attain unto it, not whilst north-land winds blow or the earth-time endures?"
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

As well might England be attacked now for its disregard of commerce and its enthusiastic love of genius, or France for its contempt of military glory.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

Long I wept by the side of the youth, imploring pardon from those cold lips; one glance of forgiveness from those glazed eyes.
— from Sindbad the Sailor, & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights by Anonymous