Not but that portions of the pile, Rebuilded in a later style, Showed where the spoiler’s hand had been; Not hut the wasting sea-breeze keen Had worn the pillar’s carving quaint, And mouldered in his niche the saint, And rounded, with consuming power, The pointed angles of each tower; Yet still entire the abbey stood, Like veteran, worn, but unsubdued.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott

Even the christening of the Princess Royal inspired a long satirical poem.
— from The Empress Frederick: a memoir by Anonymous

[47] After more than seven weeks of such terrible struggles with the ice, the three boats reached the junction of Prince Regent Inlet and Lancaster Sound, only to find the sea covered with continuous, impenetrable ice-floes.
— from True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by A. W. (Adolphus Washington) Greely

Since then the prisoner remained in a languishing state, downcast and weak.
— from The Executioner's Knife; Or, Joan of Arc by Eugène Sue

Pitt replied in a letter, setting forth at great length the arguments in favour of a combined administration, and requesting permission to confer with Fox and [Pg 32] Grenville about the construction of the ministry.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

That is the earliest indication of the strong clerical affinities which my friend Mr. Herbert Spencer has always ascribed to me, though I fancy they have for the most part remained in a latent state.
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Thomas Henry Huxley

From the older method of an exclusive day wage to the modern systems that combine day wage and piece rates, is a long step.
— from Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 02 (of 10) by American School of Correspondence

That is the earliest indication I can call to mind of the strong clerical affinities which my friend Mr. Herbert Spencer has always ascribed to me, though I fancy they have for the most part remained in a latent state.
— from Lectures and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley