The command in India, both by land and sea, was intrusted to General de Bussy, once the brilliant [460] fellow-worker with Dupleix, now a gouty invalid of sixty-four.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,' p. 154: "We arrived at the foot nearly naked, and got into open sandy rises and valleys, with mulga and plenty of grass, amongst which there is some spinifex growing."
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Norse aa gruva , id., O. Sw. a gruvo .
— from Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

Upon this, they called again to the first boat with their speaking-trumpet, and told them, if they did not all go immediately on shore, they would sink the boat.
— from A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before by Daniel Defoe

‘The Triumphs of the Faith are not above ground in our splendid churches,’ said the friar, looking round upon us, as we stopped to rest in one of the low passages, with bones and dust surrounding us on every side.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

For example, the small encapsuled Heliozoon, which arises as the product of multiple fission, is not a germ in our sense of the word.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann

53 Wauwyl and Nieberwyl are good illustrations of such a “ Packwerkbau .”
— from The New Stone Age in Northern Europe by John M. (John Mason) Tyler

"No; I'd sooner pay now and get it over," said the other, still fumbling in his pockets.
— from Dialstone Lane, Complete by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs