Lorna sometimes had faint, budding hopes that in some fresh country his wrecked career might be righted, and that he might make a new start and rise triumphant over the ruin of other days.
— from The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil

And next here com the empresse Fortune , To hym aperyng with many a noble signe, And riall tokenys, to shew that he was digne, Of God disposyd as lust
— from A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Anonymous

First he repaired the worn-out sail, then made a new sprit, and refitted the tiller to the [Pg 45] rudder head.
— from Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Oliver Optic

"As a story that mingles Adventure, Nature Study and Romance, 'The Voice of the Pack' is undeniably of the front rank.
— from The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall

A declaration in favor of the queen of Scots would form a settlement perfectly legal; because that princess was commonly allowed to possess the right of blood; and the exclusion given by Henry’s will, deriving its weight chiefly from an act of parliament, would lose all authority whenever the queen and parliament had made a new settlement, and restored the Scottish line to its place in the succession.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume