Soon his horse refused to advance; it had slipped down in large pools of blood, and National Guards seemed to lie asleep along the walls.
— from History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagaray

The effects of officers who die on board are not generally sold; but should they be submitted to auction, the sale is to be confined entirely amongst the officers.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth

Mr. Bowmore, wisely overlooked by a new Government, sank back again into the obscurity from which shrewd Ministers would never have assisted him to emerge.
— from Little Novels by Wilkie Collins

“Or rather,” interrupted Antonio, “of one who has ceased to trade on his own bottom, and now goes seeking treasures at the cost and expense of others.”
— from The Bible in Spain Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula by George Borrow

Snipe were shot in the marshes of Brompton, and nursery gardens spread themselves over the area now devoted to the museums and institute.
— from The Kensington District by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton