September 9th, the ice began to move, and roarings like thunder were heard at a distance, as the islands split and cracked in every direction.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Such go-betweens make a regular livelihood out of these proceedings.'"—H.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Oh, you are a fine gallant; you sent me a rare letter.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

Extendida en el patio la grande y aterciopelada piel, las mujeres reprimieron un grito; mas al rodar la cabeza sobre
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

As a noun, Rōmānus, -ī , m., a Roman LESSON XII, § 90 Nouns fīlius, fīlī , m., son (filial) fluvius, fluvī, m., river (fluent) gladius, gladī , m., sword (gladiator) praesidium, praesi´dī , n., garrison, guard, protection proelium, proelī , n., battle Adjectives fīnitimus, -a, -um , bordering upon, neighboring, near to .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Corresponding to this change in outward representation, the monster-myths of Great Britain have been gradually pressed into service as moral and religious lessons.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

There he caused set her a seat and said, 'Madam, I prithee, if the long love I have borne you merit any recompense, let it not irk you to discover to me the true cause which hath brought you hither at such an hour and in such company.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

I can settle Madeline all right, ( looking at his watch )
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

And, therefore, if she still somewhat intimidated Jean, if she still appeared to him to be above all others of her sex, it was simply because he knew her to be superlatively good, endowed with extraordinary courage, albeit she appeared to be merely a retiring little woman taking her pleasure in the petty duties of life.
— from The Downfall (La Débâcle): A Story of the Horrors of War by Émile Zola

In ignorance also was she of the fact that hard after them, not twenty miles away, rode Lafayette.
— from Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison

How many rooms have I not cleared of junk—this heterogeneous mass of ornamental "period" furniture and bric-a-brac bought to make a room "look cozy."
— from The House in Good Taste by Elsie De Wolfe

This was boggy; here and there the foot sank with a sough into the pulp of morass and rotten leaves; the lianas were thinner and more snaky, the greenery, if possible, greener, and the air close and moist as the air of a steam-bath.
— from The Pools of Silence by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

Always he makes a reverent little pause after uttering it and before shrilling out his ecstatic warble—his bird-hymn of praise.
— from Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series by Lafcadio Hearn

For many days an’ nights did Sug-gee-mah, the Mosquito, hold Nee-pah-win, the Sleep, at bay; an’ in the end the Robin turned wild an’ crazy, for unless Nee-pah-win, the Sleep, takes each man an’ woman in his arms when the sun goes down it is as if they were bitten by the evil polecats who are rabid; an’ the men an’ women who are not held in the arms of Nee-pah-win go mad an’ rave like starved wolves till they die.
— from The Black Lion Inn by Alfred Henry Lewis

And now for the pictures—nothing makes a room look so fresh as a lot of pictures."
— from The White Prophet, Volume 2 (of 2) by Caine, Hall, Sir

After carefully resealing and delivering it to the servant, she went at once to Mr. Mandeville, and revealed Lady Emily's attachment to Falkland.
— from Falkland, Book 4. by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron