Each corps kept strong pickets well to the rear; but, as the rumors of Johnston's accumulating force reached us, General Grant concluded to take stronger measures.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

In the right wing were ranged the Aeroconopes, of which there were also about fifty thousand, all archers riding upon great gnats: then followed the Aerocardakes, who were light armed and footmen, but good soldiers, casting out of slings afar off huge great turnips, and whosoever was hit with them lived not long after, but died with the stink that proceeded from their wounds: it is said they use to anoint their bullets with the poison of mallows.
— from Lucian's True History by of Samosata Lucian

The right under General Getty maintained a firm and steady front, falling back to Middletown where it took a position and made a stand.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

This delay saved the life of the captive, who was removed under good guard, but eventually escaped.
— from Palissy the Huguenot Potter: A True Tale by C. L. (Cecilia Lucy) Brightwell

As one drew nearer the town, the valley and the river unfolded, giving glimpses of rare loveliness, but they were lost on him now, though he had been looking forward to them all the morning as a delightful finish to his tramp.
— from The Rising of the Tide: The Story of Sabinsport by Ida M. (Ida Minerva) Tarbell

After a row of an hour up this channel, made interesting and impressive by the magnificent colonnades of princely pines, that, as far as the eye could reach, stood towering away in lessening perspective along its banks, they suddenly emerged into the bright and far-stretching waters of the unmapped Oquossak, which lay nestling and inflected among the dark green cliffs of the boldly intersecting mountains, like some rough, unshapen gem, gleaming out from the rubbish of a mine.
— from Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life by Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce) Thompson

"But I only wish the seine-maker, or somebody else who can read, would drop in and read us Glory Goldie's letter."
— from The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf

"I was not so much arguing about this particular case, which I don't pretend to have much knowledge of, as reasoning upon general grounds.
— from Fifteen Days: An Extract from Edward Colvil's Journal by Mary Lowell Putnam

Dreadful dragons and indescribable elephants supported the roof, and rested upon great graceful beams, from which hung huge lanterns made of silk, of paper, of tinsel, and of bamboo—the soft lamps of Cathay!
— from When We Were Strolling Players in the East by Louise Jordan Miln

Then the sweet singing of the Sirens was borne over the sea, 'Hither, come hither, renowned Ulysses, Great glory of the Achaean name.
— from Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang