Motecusuma begged of us rather to visit his town, where, at least, we might enjoy the good things it offered, though even these should be below our deserts, and not equal to what he could wish.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

[115] yet I obserue great numbers by the seashoare and at yarmouth an open sandy coast, in a sunny day many large and winged ones may bee obserued upon & rising out of the [shoare crossed out ] wet sands when the tide falls away.
— from Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir

Stretches of green here and patches of grain there, the soil red, and the sun, dropping behind the mountains back of us, reflected on the glass and roofs of Denver, which lay about twenty miles away.
— from The Cruise of a Schooner by Albert W. (Albert Wadsworth) Harris

A private archer menaced Briçonnet; others used rude language to Marshal de Gié; and for three nights President Gannay durst not sleep in his lodgings.
— from The End of the Middle Ages: Essays and Questions in History by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

Prices of single issues may be obtained upon request.
— from A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber

His mail was polished as a mirror, but otherwise unadorned, resembling that which now invests his effigies at the Tower, [The suit of armour, however, which the visitor to the Royal Armoury is expected to believe King Edward could have worn, is infinitely too small for such credulity.
— from The Last of the Barons — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

In other terms, there are no occult powers in matter, but only unknown resultants of known primitive powers.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

The day had been brilliant and decisive, but marred by one unfortunate result of the commander-in-chief’s over-caution.
— from The Disputed V.C.: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Frederick P. Gibbon

Prices may be obtained upon request addressed to Publications Secretary, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
— from A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William Edward Duellman

Spelman says, in defining an heirloom, that it may be "Omne utensil robustius;" which would exclude a necklace.
— from The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope