The following two sentences, 4 and 5, are linguistically much clearer and simpler, and they present connected sequences of words.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

There were tall trees, moreover, that shed their fruit over his head—pears, pomegranates, apples, sweet figs and juicy olives, but whenever the poor creature stretched out his hand to take some, the wind tossed the branches back again to the clouds.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

Just as the sacrifice ended, the seer, Arexion the Parrhasian, caught sight of an eagle, which boded well, and bade Xenophon lead on.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

My lord, I must confess I know this woman; And five years since there was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her; which was broke off, Partly for that her promised proportions Came short of composition; but in chief For that her reputation was disvalued In levity.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

By 1683 New York had become so central a market for the green bean, that William Penn, as soon as he found himself comfortably settled in the Pennsylvania Colony, sent over to New York for his coffee supplies [92] .
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Only the warmth of brotherhood can melt the present colossal snowball of war karma which may otherwise grow into World War III.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Quis enim est tam cupidus in perspicienda cognoscendaque rerum natura, ut, si ei tractanti contemplantique res cognitione dignissimas subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae, cui subvenire opitularique possit, non illa omnia relinquat atque abiciat, etiamsi dinumerare se stellas aut metiri mundi magnitudinem posse arbitretur?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

severity &c. 739; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia[obs3]; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog[obs3]; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion &c. (state of excitability) 825.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

In the altar-piece at the National Gallery those white mitres form the key-note from which the pale, cloistral splendours of the whole picture radiate.
— from Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Walter Pater

The statute of Anne as foundation The statute of Anne, the foundation of the present copyright system of England and America, which took effect April 10, 1710, gave the author of works then existing, or his assigns, the sole right of printing for twenty-one years from that date and no longer; of works not then printed, for fourteen years and no longer, except in case he were alive at the expiration of that term, when he could have the privilege prolonged for another fourteen years.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

Polly caught sight of him in a moment.
— from Firebrands by George Moses Davis

Beloved, I, amid the darkness greeted By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt's pain Cry: "Speak once more—thou lovest!"
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Acting under these influences, the Spokanes, Walla Wallas, Umatillas, and Nez Perces cast their lot with the hostiles, and all the savage inhabitants of the region east of the Cascade Range became involved in a dispute as to whether the Indians or the Government should possess certain sections of the country, which finally culminated in the war of 1856.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 1 by Philip Henry Sheridan

Owing to the limitations of space and the present confused state of the subject, it is of necessity only possible here to indicate the lines which such a development must follow.
— from Seductio Ad Absurdum The Principles & Practices of Seduction, A Beginner's Handbook by Emily Hahn

Meanwhile Carlo and De Ladron creeping noiselessly along parallel with the road, the better to baffle pursuit, came suddenly on the crouching figure of a man who was endeavoring to hide himself under a bush.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 6, December 1850 by Various

Nee te vllius violentia vincat Respice res hello varias Credidimus lachrimis an et hae simulare docentur He quoque habent artes quaque iubentur eunt Quaecunque ex merito spes venit equa venit Simplicitas digna fauore fuit Exitus acta probat careat successibus opto Quisquis ab euentu facta notanda putet.
— from Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir

When shooting, the sportsman prefers spaniels, particularly certain “strains” of black and brown cockers—untiring little workers with a keen, true power of scent—which for many years have been common in the neighbourhood; and the farmer's sheep-dog is unfitted for any sport except rabbiting.
— from Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Alfred Wellesley Rees

subdued the Káthis, who were continually ravaging the country near Dhandhúka, and to check them erected a fortified post called Sháhpúr, on the opposite side of the river to Chuda-Ránpur.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell