Se acercan al río, cruzan el puente entre un redoble de cascos
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

I cannot so easily picture the errand-boy drawing up his head to the stars and answering, “Romanus civis sum.”
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

In one of the regions from which they take their source a tree disease may cause a decline; in another, a hurricane may lay the industry low at one quick stroke; and in still another, a rival crop may drain away the life-blood of capital.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

There are tumults of the mind when like the great convulsions of nature all seems anarchy and returning chaos, yet often in those moments of vast disturbance, as in the material strife itself, some new principle of order, or some new impulse of conduct, develops itself, and controls and regulates and brings to an harmonious consequence, passions and elements which seemed only to threaten despair and subversion.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

SYN: Seize, grasp, catch, capture, siege, use, obtain, pursue,employ, follow, assume, procure, captivate, engage, interest, charm, choose, select, admit, accept, receive, conduct, transfer.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Toward dark, or nearly so, an Arkansas regiment came in as reenforcements, but surrendered without any trouble.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

All the necessary appurtenances such as awning, red carpet, coat hanging racks, ballroom chairs, as well as crockery, glass, napkins, waiters and food are supplied by hotels or caterers.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

as adv. , rightly, immediately, S2; riȝttes , S2. Phr. : to þe riȝttes , exactly, S2; at alle rightes , C; mid rihte , rightly, S; mid rihten , S; wiþþ rihhte , S. Ryme , sb. hoar-frost, H, Prompt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

William Chillingworth died; celebrated for his skill as a religious controversialist, and a defender of protestantism against popery.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

There is too about it a freedom from all the usual tricks of the profession, such as a red chair, velvet collar, and fantastic back-ground, which we particularly recommend to the attention of young artists.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Various

The Host, a man of a capacious stomach and a rosy cheek—in short, a host whom your heart warms to see, stepped forth immediately, held the stirrup for the young Squire, (for the Corporal’s movements were too stately to be rapid,) and ushered him with a bow, a smile, and a flourish of his napkin, into one of those little quaint rooms, with cupboards bright with high glasses and old china, that it pleases us still to find extant in the old-fashioned inns, in our remoter roads and less Londonized districts.
— from Eugene Aram — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Donald, whom I idolized, nearly broke my heart, gave a son's love to a stranger, married a Spaniard and a Roman Catholic, and has not noticed me for years.
— from Playing With Fire by Amelia E. Barr

"O my Kyrat, O my steed, Bound and slender as a reed, Carry me this peril through!
— from Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

But she, at any rate, could only become his by marriage.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Émile Zola

Togo serves as a regional commercial and trade center.
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In the courtyard is a well on a platform ornamented with stone balls to which twelve steps ascend, a rather curious arrangement.
— from The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson