The colored people are very intemperate, and nearly all the women use snuff and tobacco.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 12, December, 1878 by Various

Mr. Kirke discovered you here by chance,” he proceeded, aloud, “very ill, and not nicely attended to.
— from No Name by Wilkie Collins

She had now to deal with a French King as sagacious as herself, and a great deal more prompt and vigorous in action; not the man to be made a cat’s-paw by any one.
— from Queen Elizabeth by Edward Spencer Beesly

One day two young men of Ornella, in the Buchenstein valley, started on a brilliant night to pay a visit in a neighbouring village to their loves.
— from Tales and Legends of the Tyrol by Günther, Marie A., countess

In the first place, since the audience may be great in number, the theatre must be large, and yet the audience must be able to hear the play; accordingly, verse is added, not merely as a delightful accompaniment, but also in order that the actors may raise their voices without inconvenience and without loss of dignity.
— from A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn

Following quickly upon the conclusion of the American War, came a series of British, French, and Russian voyages, which gradually centred more particularly about Vancouver Island and Nootka Sound.
— from The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman