There were half a dozen officials in Brussels who were, as shown already, so many bailiffs paid to manage a property upon lines laid down for them.
— from The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle

Ces chèvres, les plus belles que j'aie jamais vues, sont la plupart blanches; elles n'ont point comme celles dé Syrie, les oreilles pendantes, et portent une laine longue douce et crépue.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

A frenzy of eagerness seized upon the tired feet, and they pressed upward, lightly, like dancers’ feet.
— from Aladdin O'Brien by Gouverneur Morris