His car was banked with four others in a line of steel restless as cavalry, while the cross town traffic, limousines and enormous moving-vans and insistent motor-cycles, poured by; on the farther corner, pneumatic riveters rang on the sun-plated skeleton of a new building; and out of this tornado flashed the inspiration of a familiar face, and a fellow Booster shouted, “H' are you, George!”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

a Senatu Populoque Rom. reformata et edita.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Indeed, the washing of hands, as symbolic of purity, was among the ancients a peculiarly religious rite.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

The following list includes most of the prepositions: aboard about above according to across after against along along with amid, amidst among, amongst apart from around as for, as to at athwart barring because of before behind below beneath beside, besides between betwixt beyond but (= except) by by dint of by means of by reason of by virtue of by way of concerning considering despite down during ere except, excepting for for the sake of from from among from between from under in in accordance with in addition to in case of in compliance with in consequence of in consideration of in front of in lieu of in opposition to in place of in preference to in regard to in spite of inside (inside of) instead of into notwithstanding of off on on account of out of outside (outside of) over over against past pending regarding respecting round round about save, saving since through throughout to, unto touching toward, towards under underneath until, till up upon with within without with reference to with regard to with respect to Note.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

In reply, psychical researchers readily admit that there is a large percentage of mere trickery, delusion, and imposture in observed ‘spirit’ phenomena; some of which is deliberate on the part of the ‘medium’ and some of which is apparently not consciously induced.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Of course, White cannot play R × R P, because of R × R, followed by R - R 3, recovering the Pawn with advantage.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

A jar of buttercups and fool's-parsley in the window-bottom kept her away in the meadows, where in the lush grass the moon-daisies were half-submerged, and a spray of pink ragged robin.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

" Phoebe retired respectfully after having given Mr. Audley his tea, but as she stood with her hand upon the lock of the door he spoke again.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Many of the labels had been torn off, but fragments of some of them remained, and upon one yellow scrap of paper Robert read the letters, TURI.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

His back toward Varney, his fragment of a cigar poised, reluctantly ready to drop, the boy shook his head.
— from Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison

Two miles from Farne, on the mainland, was the royal city of Bebban Burgh, now Bamborough, the castle standing upon an almost perpendicular rock rising one hundred and fifty feet and overlooking the sea.
— from England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook

Qui bibit ex hac aqua sitiet rursus, id est, qui participat profunditatem humanæ sapientiæ, prudentesque Rationes, receptis Intelligentiis judicio suo inventis, tamen rursus secundo cogitans, denuo dubitabit de his in quibus requieverat.
— from Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His Discourses by Thomas Woolston

[ 120 ] "There was a poet | whose untimely tomb No human hand | with pious reverence reared, But the charmed eddies | of autumnal winds Built o'er his mouldering bones | a pyramid Of mouldering leaves | in the waste wilderness.
— from Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter

"Perhaps," replied Robert uncomfortably.
— from An Annapolis First Classman by Edward L. (Edward Latimer) Beach

Western frontiersmen and others who live in the land of the pack rat relate stories innumerable of the absurd but industrious doings of these eccentric creatures.
— from The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observations by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday

(since 3 August 2005); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN (since 12 August 2000);
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“Simití has two churches, you know, Padre,” remarked Rosendo during the evening meal.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

When travelling with Major Brennan across Pine Ridge reservation, I observed on the cabin of an educated Indian, who wished to protect his allotment, a large board sign which read as follows: NOTICE NO TRESPASSING WILL BE ALLOWED ON MY ALLOTMENT
— from The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice by Warren King Moorehead