Jangan berlak pajan, jangan berosak binasa dan jangan bri sumbing runting berchachat chĕla sakalian pa’yong ma’yong sagala kawan ma’yong mana yang didalam perbaruan.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Among other annoyances, which may not be reckoned among the least, was this: I was one day not very well, having slept but little or not at all during the night, and I had lain down to sleep on the bed in the day; and she would give me no rest, but came softly past me in her socks, and in order to wake me teased a dog which I had, [137] so that he growled.
— from Memoirs of Leonora Christina, Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina, grevinde

For the first time the issue was raised between secular statesmanship scheming for Italian unity and a Roman bishop claiming sovereign power as the historical and indispensable adjunct of his office.
— from Medieval Europe by H. W. Carless (Henry William Carless) Davis

Dust cloth Oil mop Silver cleaner 3—Laundry Equipment Electric washing machine Electric wringer “ iron or set of irons Set of tubs, wooden or galvanized iron Clothes stick Clothes mangle Ironing board Clothes rack Boiler Clothes sprinkler Patent clothesline Clothespins Clothespin bag or apron Clothes hamper Clothes basket Bottle bluing Starch High-grade laundry soap Ammonia Beeswax Borax Meat Cookery TO PREPARE LESS EXPENSIVE CUTS OF MEATS Fireless cooker Pressure cooker Self basting roaster Meat chopper Chafing dish Double boiler Casseroles Baking pan Pyrex , square , oblong , oval Aluminum , square Tin , various sizes and shapes Scoring knife Meat plank
— from The Business of Being a Housewife A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy by Jean Prescott Adams

He turned on his heel to leave the room, but Clarice swiftly placed herself in his way.
— from The Purple Fern by Fergus Hume

Laura Lou Brookman (A); 19Jun59; R238240. BROOKS, CHARLES S. Prologue:
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Even the rowing boats can scarce proceed, so thick the clamor of the frogs of Horié!
— from Exotics and Retrospectives by Lafcadio Hearn