Yes, and now they were sailing in to the cliffs of the Sirens, dangerous once of old and white with the bones of many a man; and the hoarse rocks echoed afar in the ceaseless surf; when her lord felt the ship rocking astray for loss of her helmsman, and himself steered her on over the darkling water, sighing often the while, and heavy at heart for his friend's mischance.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Many pious and intelligent people in this State hold themselves assured that his Majesty according to his royal exceeding great wisdom, foresight, and affection for the welfare of this land will not approve that his letters and Winwood's propositions should be scattered by the press among the common people.
— from Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1610c-12 by John Lothrop Motley

From this came the name of the German Empire of the Middle Ages, "the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation."
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

I knew that Nancy was sitting with some lace-work in her own writing-room, and hoped much from their meeting, and that her recent experience, which made her set a new value on Danvers, would bring about a more complete understanding between them.
— from Nancy Stair: A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane

But the prints were made by a shoe and not by a moccasin, and then Hale recalled exultantly that the Red Fox did not have his moccasins on the morning he turned up on guard.
— from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John, Jr.

In three weeks he was mounted, and then his real enjoyment of the trip began.
— from Indian and Scout: A Tale of the Gold Rush to California by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton