Perpendicular cliffs rose sheer out of the water on both sides of the opening for a distance of perhaps a hundred yards; and where the cliff terminated the ground sloped steeply down, with huge masses of rock projecting here and there, the foot of the slope being encumbered with other rocks which at some distant period had become detached and rolled down into the water.
— from The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific by Harry Collingwood

Among the many other relics preserved here are two little bags of the brains of St. Thomas à Becket.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

"'I have, as many other royal personages have at times, some difficulty in regulating my affairs so as to make both ends meet comfortably.
— from The Mysterious Shin Shira by G. E. (George Edward) Farrow

Apparently she ran all through the night, covering fully forty miles over rough precipitous hills and sandy plains.
— from Raiders of the Sarhad Being an Account of the Campaign of Arms and Bluff Against the Brigands of the Persian-Baluchi Border during the Great War by R. E. H. (Reginald Edward Harry) Dyer

“I ought to explain that I have had a fortune left me, or rather papa has, and under our new circumstances it would be inconvenient for me to come to the theatre every evening.”
— from Helen Ford by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

“‘That so long ago as in 1815, in order to supply the sums of money required by these two persons, the Marquis d’Espard went with his two children to live in the Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Genevieve, in rooms quite unworthy of his name and rank’—well, we may live as we please—‘that he keeps his two children there, the Comte Clement d’Espard and Vicomte Camille d’Espard, in a style of living quite unsuited to their future prospects, their name and fortune; that he often wants money, to such a point, that not long since the landlord, one Mariast, put in an execution on the furniture in the rooms; that when this execution was carried out in his presence, the Marquis d’Espard helped the bailiff, whom he treated like a man of rank, paying him all the marks of attention and respect which he would have shown to a person of superior birth and dignity to himself.’
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Lightly armed, carrying little besides musket or rifle, powder horn and bullet-pouch,—and all these smaller and [Pg 205] lighter than the British equipment,—the farmers were able with ease to keep up with the troops, to fire from cover, to load, and then again to regain the distance lost.
— from The Siege of Boston by Allen French

And now, the first delights of this meeting over, Richard presented his aides-de-camp to the illustrious family; then, beckoning Morcar towards him, he took the gipsy by the hand, saying, "It is to this faithful friend that Castelcicala is indebted for the first step in that glorious career which was finally crowned with triumph beneath the walls of Montoni."
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds