Who he was That piled these stones, and with the mossy sod First covered o'er, and taught this aged tree, Now wild, to bend its arms in circling shade, I well remember.—He was one who own'd No common soul.
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

This is the more creditable inasmuch as most small farmers could not afford to purchase expensive foreign machinery, which, in many cases, would be too large or complicated for their purposes.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

R. 757, most suitable for carrying on his trade .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

This is a faint likeness of the Cock of the plains or Heath Cock the first of those fowls which we met with was on the Missouri below and in the neighbourhood of the Rocky Mountains and from to the mountain which passes the Columbia between the Great falls and Rapids they go in large gangues or Singularly and hide remarkably close when pursued, make Short flights, &c. The large Black & White Pheasant is peculiar to that portion of the Rocky Mountains watered by the Columbia River.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“Yes—up stairs,” said Gray, conceiving himself much more safe from casual observation there than below.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

[486] {470} Correspondence of M. Schlick, French chargé d'affaires.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

In the afternoon there was much seeking for cool corners, and a favourite spot was that embowered portion of the shrubbery in which we first saw Isabel.
— from Isabel Clarendon, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Gissing

[Pg 247] ing month saw fresh competitors for public favour coming to the giddy vortex of fashion.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

The mind shrinks from contemplating the thrilling honors of some of the scenes enacted within those deadened walls.
— from Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by William F. Howe