What must have been the astonishment of all, then, when having proceeded a few fathoms from the ship, Mr. Wyatt stood up in the stern-sheets, and coolly demanded of Captain Hardy that the boat should be put back for the purpose of taking in his oblong box!
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

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— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Judge Day’s memorandum of his own views, telegraphed on October 25th along with those of his colleagues, stated that he was unable to agree that we should peremptorily demand the entire Philippine group; that In the spirit of our instructions , and bearing in mind the often declared disinterestedness of purpose and freedom from designs of conquest with which the war was undertaken, we should be consistent in demands in making peace * * * with due regard to our responsibility because of the conduct of our military and naval authorities in dealing with the insurgents .
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

If the snow lies deep, they strap on his snowshoes, and, with the giant plow, plow a furrow from the mountains to the seaboard, in which the cars, like a following drill-barrow, sprinkle all the restless men and floating merchandise in the country for seed.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

To Ritzner, ever upon the lookout for the grotesque, his peculiarities had for a long time past afforded food for mystification.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The beauty of the straight line had asserted its power, and fashion felt its sway.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The truth was, that the mention of two places in the Palazzo Rospoli had recalled to Franz the conversation he had overheard the preceding evening in the ruins of the Colosseum between the mysterious unknown and the Transteverin, in which the stranger in the cloak had undertaken to obtain the freedom of a condemned criminal; and if this muffled-up individual proved (as Franz felt sure he would) the same as the person he had just seen in the Teatro Argentina, then he should be able to establish his identity, and also to prosecute his researches respecting him with perfect facility and freedom.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Nouns of the second declension in -ius and -ium end in -ī in the genitive singular, not in -iī , and the accent rests on the penult; as, fīlī from fīlius ( son ), praesi´dī from praesi´dium ( garrison ).
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Now the insinuation conveyed in the first of these reasons, that the major part of the garrison had been engaged in the outbreak of the rebellion and its accompanying horrors, was in all probability a falsehood; for the major part of the garrison was not composed of native soldiers, but of Englishmen serving under the marquess of Ormond, the king's lord lieutenant.
— from The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Hilaire Belloc

It should be said that the well-ordered guitar effect proved a failure; for Mr. Blanchet soon after entering the room flung himself into what was to have been a poetic attitude on the sofa, and came rather awkwardly on the guitar, and was a little vexed at the thought of being made to seem ridiculous.
— from The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

They prefer fighting, plundering, and feeding flocks and herds.
— from The Women of the Arabs by Henry Harris Jessup

There were coaches and referees upon tennis court, cinder path and football field, and boys 91 galore, in every sort of athletic garb, performing every sort of athletic stunt.
— from A Dixie School Girl by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

It was not till some time later that the French succeeded in reopening the navigation, by replacing the sluice-gates and building large punts and floats for the carriage of guns or munitions.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign by Charles Oman

—Another plan sometimes followed in the training of tomatoes is to place a flaring frame, about 18 inches square at the base and 24 inches square at the top over the plants before they begin to spread.
— from The Vegetable Garden: What, When, and How to Plant by Anonymous