Wherein they shall find many joyous and pleasant histories, and noble and renowned acts of humanity, gentleness, and chivalry.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

At the far end of this pleasant Jardin d’Hiver is the entrance to the small play-house connected with it; but the companies who perform here are not above reproach; except during Carnival, when no expense is spared to secure the best talent, and the Paris play-houses are called upon to contribute their best actors for the edification of the visitors.
— from As the Crow Flies: From Corsica to Charing Cross by Walter Phelps Dodge

He's heading toward that patch of hemlocks on top of the hill because he's been pushed hard and needs a rest, and he can rest safely there.
— from The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard

By Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson and Richard Lydekker , B.A. Third Edition, entirely Rewritten and greatly Enlarged.
— from The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815 by A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) Mockler-Ferryman

"Few coffee planters have anywhere near a reasonable amount of their land under cultivation for the reason that with the poor help and methods now existent they are unable to extend their plant.
— from Social Problems in Porto Rico by Fred K. Fleagle

In these stories, as in Malory’s “Morte D’Arthur,” we find “many joyous and pleasant histories, and noble and renowned acts of humanity, gentleness and chivalry”; and we may add, with Malory, “Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renommée.”
— from Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster by Eleanor Hull

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— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

Near the Falls of the Ohio, a pair had a nest and reared four young ones, in 1820.
— from Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 (of 5) An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America by John James Audubon

After the relatives of Carlo comes Emilio Taruffi, his fellow-pupil with Albani, as well as his assistant, first at Bologna, in decorating the public hall, and next at Rome, where he resided three years, sometimes employed at S. Andrea della Valle, at others for private houses.
— from The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 5 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Lanzi

"Do you ever take the advice of physicians," he asked naïvely, "about repeating names?"
— from The Adventures of a Modest Man by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers