Twice the stretcher had to be swung along by ropes where there was no footing, and twice had to be perpendicularly lifted ten or fifteen feet.
— from The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

In his travels throughout England Mr Rannoch had lost most of his Scotch accent, but he had not lost his Scotch skill in the art and craft of trying to pay less than other folks for whatever he might happen to want.
— from The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett

In the same plane lies the open frontal fissure between the two valves, and the three openings are so disposed in it that the large anterior main-opening (or the astropyle) is placed on the oral pole of the main axis, whilst the two accessory small lateral openings or parapylæ are placed on both sides of the aboral pole, at the right and left.
— from Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII by Ernst Haeckel