This do trouble me, not only as untrue, but as a design in some [one] or other to do me hurt; for, as the thing is false, so it never entered into my mouth or thought, nor ever shall.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Great newes to-night of the blowing up of one of the Dutch greatest ships, while a Council of War was on board: the latter part, I doubt, is not so, it not being confirmed since; but the former, that they had a ship blown up, is said to be true.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The nominative represents a noun as subject, the accusative as object; the genitive denotes the relation of of , the dative of to or for , and the ablative of from , with , in , or by .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Now the Jews that were enclosed within the walls of the city fought against Herod with great alacrity and zeal [for the whole nation was gathered together]; they also gave out many prophecies about the temple, and many things agreeable to the people, as if God would deliver them out of the dangers they were in; they had also carried off what was out of the city, that they might not leave any thing to afford sustenance either for men or for beasts; and by private robberies they made the want of necessaries greater.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The visiter, shooting suddenly into this bay from out the gloom of the ravine, is delighted but astounded by the full orb of the declining sun, which he had supposed to be already far below the horizon, but which now confronts him, and forms the sole termination of an otherwise limitless vista seen through another chasm-like rift in the hills.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The fortress 16 was built in a triangular form; each angle was flanked by a strong and massy tower; one on the declivity of the hill, two along the sea-shore: a thickness of twenty-two feet was assigned for the walls, thirty for the towers; and the whole building was covered with a solid platform of lead.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

This man for some offence which he had been committed had been confined in an underground dungeon, 128 and at this time of which I speak, having heard what was being done and having put his head through out of the dungeon, when he saw the Persians peacefully sitting there he began to cry out and said that he desired to come to speech with Maiandrios.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Tíkhon knew that neither the son’s arrival nor any other unusual event must be allowed to disturb the appointed order of the day.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

All at once the king appeared with the cardinal at one of the doors of the hall.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

She, too, looked like one of the dazzling beauties of the Orient, and was robed like the women of Egypt.
— from In the Depths of the Dark Continent; or, The Vengeance of Van Vincent by Cornelius Shea

[Pg 24] formed this man, out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living soul, and endowed with immortality.
— from The Negro: What is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. by Ariel

The opening of the door was succeeded by a great rush.
— from The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton

But while thus it prevented utter destruction, it had no corrective operation on the depravity of the heart.
— from An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by John Foster

Under Secretary in, and responsibilities associated with, standards. (3) Coordination.--In carrying out the accreditation and certification program under this section, the designated officer shall coordinate with-- (A) the other officers of the Department referred to in paragraph (2), using the expertise and responsibilities of such officers; and (B) the Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Private Sector, based on consideration of the expertise of the Special Assistant in, and responsibilities for, interacting with the private sector.
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

To writers of this class he is always the German War Lord, ready to pounce, like a highwayman or pirate, on any unprotected person or property he may come across, regardless of treaty obligations, of international disaster, or of the dictates of humanity.
— from William of Germany by Stanley Shaw

a mocking voice cried out of the darkness.
— from A Little Maid in Toyland by Adah Louise Sutton

Would I have gone without it any year for one or two dollars?
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears

“I am going to get out of this drain and prospect along their front.
— from The Last Million: How They Invaded France—and England by Ian Hay