“Sir,” said he, “I am in need of fifteen hundred francs.” The stranger took from his side pocket an old pocketbook of black leather, opened it, drew out three bank-bills, which he laid on the table.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Manors were divided and new manors made down to the time of King Edward I. Then a single manor would often be let out in different portions to various tenants for a term of years, but they always came back to the lord of the manor.
— from Our English Towns and Villages by H. R. Wilton Hall

Should any one be lost, or in distress, at any time, the same signal from him serves to indicate it.
— from Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

Indigo, when in hard or brittle lumps, or in dust or small bits, is often adulterated with sand, pulverised slate, and other earthy substances.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

The horses snoozed, a hind leg tucked up; old Ben lay outstretched in doggy content; Mrs. Kitty knit or crocheted or something of that sort; and Carrie and the Captain and I took cat naps.
— from The Killer by Stewart Edward White

What is death to me who have a dust of grey hairs over my once black locks, or is death indeed a thing at any time to fear overmuch?
— from The Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales of the Celtic Wonderworld by William Sharp