After that he found the desert absolutely empty of life, a succession of level sandy plains, and rough ridges of sandstone.
— from A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race. Vol. 2 [of 2] A Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and "our Persian Campaign." by Blunt, Anne, Lady

Should the need arise, the Library could accommodate a battalion on parade, a rifle range or sufficient office room for Q branch of a division.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 by Various

These [21] languages, he says, possess a remarkable regularity of structure, and very few anomalies.
— from The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

Faucit, Helen , a famous English actress; made her début in London (1836), and soon won a foremost place amongst English actresses by her powerful and refined representations of Shakespeare's heroines under the management of Macready; she retired from the stage in 1851 after her marriage with Theodore Martin ( q. v .); in 1885 she published a volume of studies "On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters" (1820-1899).
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

The scene was amazing in its beauty and simplicity, like the strong, inspirational power and rugged rhythm of some old border minstrel.
— from Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning

His melodies were bold and unconventional to the point, as regards rhythm, of seeming wilfulness on occasion.
— from A Short History of English Music by Ernest Ford

James, who was in his thirty-seventh year, was transported at the prospect of his escape from the poverty and religious restraint of Scotland, to the affluence of so much more extensive an empire, and one impediment alone checked his flight southward—the want of money for the journey.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous

Toward the enemy the hill presented a rapid rise of some thirty feet, while on the side of the republican army it was nearly level with the plain occupied by the reserves.
— from The Sword of Honor; or, The Foundation of the French Republic A Tale of The French Revolution by Eugène Sue