Once at a village on the lower Yukon River an explorer had set up his camera to get a picture of the people as they were moving about among their houses.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

I, who have seen this very day How lustily you ran away, Experience when one comes to blows How far your resolution goes.”
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

Clarinet lets you read an "electronic newspaper" right on the local system; you can get timely industry news, technology related wirestories, syndicated columns and features, financial information, stock quotes and more.
— from Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe

Let your rigid arms extended Be as straight as pokers two; And until the stroke is ended, Pull it, without jerking, through!
— from Sagittulae, Random Verses by Edward Woodley Bowling

The treaty of Unkiar-iskelessi, in 1833, threw her into the hands of Russia, although the influence of England has of late years reigned almost exclusively in her councils.
— from The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

It is easier in some ways to write a book in a style which is not authentically one's own, and literary imitation is not the highest art; but Richard Raynal has the beauty of a [Pg 179] fine tapestry designed on antique lines, yet replenished and enriched by modern emotion, like Tennyson's Mort d'Arthur .
— from Hugh: Memoirs of a Brother by Arthur Christopher Benson

“Do you think you will like your room?” asked Edna demurely; but there was a gleam of fun in her eyes as she put the question, for she had a vivid remembrance of Bessie’s room at home; the strips of faded carpet, the little iron bedstead, and painted drawers; and yet it had been a haven of rest to her that night, and she had slept very sweetly on the little hard bed.
— from Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

"We have refreshments in the wallet—what need we to loiter yonder?" replied Anthony, eyeing the other with an expression of distrust.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby