Swans, which were much appreciated, were very common on all the principal rivers of France, especially in the north; a small island below Paris had taken its name from these birds, and has maintained it ever since.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Crowds of people were moving in all directions, but the broad-brimmed hat of the man on foot and his long coat could be easily distinguished, and the rider, slackening his horse’s pace, rode only fast enough to keep this figure in view.
— from It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries by Wilbur Gleason Zeigler

He probably relied on finding efficient material among these slaves for the further exploration and Christianization of the Coast, and even of the Upland.
— from The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara

They expressed their fears that the moral and physical result of factitious excitement on minds of tender years might be the reverse of healthy.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

Thirty of these incubators were arranged in two parallel rows of fifteen each.
— from Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $9.119 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Add that, in the judgment of the authors of this hypothesis, the Protestant religion, once fairly entered in the lists against Catholicism, must inevitably and speedily win the day; the iron pot would make short work of the earthen pot.
— from The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau

Towns and villages were bedecked with flags, and joyous peals rang out from every belfry.
— from The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 by Edward Parrott

[We are next introduced to the court of Charles the Bold, the political relations of France, England, and Burgundy, and especially to the part which the Earl of Oxford has taken in the wars of the roses.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number by Various

The latter, as well as the papillae, are probably rudiments of formerly existing tentacles.
— from Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin