Riding steadily down into the valley, still a long four miles away, came the extended line of half a cavalry troop in skirmish order, with the supports and reserves dotting the slope to their rear.
— from Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War by Charles King

By Miss Catharine Sinclair, author of "Modern Accomplishments," &c. Third Edition. LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

My sister had a governess, a very clever and accomplished girl, and the most amiable creature that ever lived.
— from Wanderings in India, and Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan by John Lang

Demosthenes, when he “Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes’ throne,” rarely spoke over thirty minutes, and Cicero took even less time to blast Catiline with his lightnings.
— from Words; Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews

Behind us, some three miles away, cruised the Englishmen, looking at us; while, betwixt us and the far distant Portland headland, I could see the vast hull of one of our own galleons (the same which had blown up in the night), surrounded by a swarm of little craft that picked her bones, like crows on a carcase.
— from Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed

A card was then placed in my hand on which the alphabet was printed in very large type, and my attention called to each letter.
— from The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl by Mary L. Day

For instance, you must allow, that if one had all those fine persons at one’s table, one would be forced to talk more, and consequently to eat less; moreover, you would either be excited by your triumph, or you would not, that is indisputable; if you are not excited you have the bore for nothing; if you are excited you spoil your digestion: nothing is so detrimental to the stomach as the feverish inquietude of the passions.
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The Royal Marine Light Infantry arrived during the fight, and late in the evening the Household Cavalry and 7th Dragoon Guards came up from Mahsameh and charged the Egyptian left.
— from The Story of the British Army by Charles Cooper King