Next to a gale of wind, indeed, a calm and its consequent delay was what they had most to dread, for they were in a part of the ocean little frequented by craft of any description, except a stray whaler now and then, and their only reasonable hope of salvation rested upon the possibility of their being able to reach land before starvation and thirst overcame them.
— from The Pirate Island: A Story of the South Pacific by Harry Collingwood

It’s an old ruined town, goodness knows how ancient; nobody lives there now, and there are thousands of ruined houses and plenty of underground passages where we can hide, if we can only get there unseen.”
— from A Chinese Command: A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Harry Collingwood

How could he ever hope to convince her that he was not a thief, and that only revenge had prompted him to take the inkstand, which he meant to throw into the river at the first chance?
— from Stories from Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

Of adipocere (the peculiar waxy or soapy substance that is commonly found in bodies that have slowly decayed in damp situations) there was not a trace; and the only remnant of the soft structures was a faint indication, like a spot of dried glue, of the tendon on the tip of the right elbow.
— from The Vanishing Man A Detective Romance by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

The St. Maurice at this point is about half a mile wide, with an island here and there, and now and then a touch of rapids.
— from One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame by Robert Barr

The horses had their ears twitched forward apprehensively, and started, every now and then, at the objects revealed by the light of the lamps.
— from The Taming of the Jungle by C. W. (Charles William) Doyle

It is with great reason that the early Christians looked upon Nero as the Antichrist, the one representing in his nature the infinity of opposition to the Saviour.
— from Women of Early Christianity by Mitchell Carroll

In Germany, indeed, it was hindered by the jealous antagonism of the spiritual princes, who, having courts of their own, and holding inquisitions by themselves, would never agree to accept that of Rome.
— from La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

For some minutes, he saw nothing; and then a trail of red fire soared into the sky.
— from The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss