Meanwhile the privy council, to which body the Duchess had referred the recent despatches from Madrid, made a report upon the whole subject to the state council, during the month of November, sustaining the royal views, and insisting upon the necessity of carrying them into effect.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

The enlivening sun, that burns so bright, Ne'er had a noon without a night, So Life and Death agree; The joys of man by years are broke"— 'Twas thus the man of ninety spoke, Then rose, and left his tree.
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 2 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau

All the dramatist had to do was to show us that Cleopatra, a proud woman and scorned queen, could not forget Antony's faithlessness in leaving her to marry Octavia; but she never mentions Octavia, never seems to remember her after she has got Antony back.
— from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris

"That is the descriptive adjective, definition and analysis of the character of union informants made by the National Industrial Commission, appointed by President Wilson, and composed of nine men, all men of national standing, three representatives of labor, three representatives of capital and three representatives of the general public.
— from The Everett Massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith

This is the phenomenon of the Montenovo of Naples, several times repeated in a range of volcanic hills.
— from The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Edwin J. (Edwin James) Houston