Arsène Lupin seized and bound like a novice!
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

The hillside had seemed a bit lonely at night, though she had never admitted it even to herself before, and she was glad the dog had come.
— from The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill

Alberoni had begun a negotiation with prince Kourakin, the czar's ambassador at the Hague, by means of the Spanish ambassador, Baretti Landi, a native of Mantua, who had, like the cardinal, quitted his own country to live in Spain.
— from The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia by Voltaire

It was shortly afterwards published at Paris, a Te Deum sung, and bonfires lighted at night; a grand collation was given at the Hotel de Ville by the Duc de Tresmes, who at midnight also gave, in his own house, a splendid banquet, at which were present many ladies, foreigners, and courtiers.
— from Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete by Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de

In English, the syllable is generally carried by vowels; sometimes also by liquids and nasals, which are then called syllabic .
— from The Sounds of Spoken English: A Manual of Ear Training for English Students (4th edition) by Walter Ripman

At this instant, clasping her hands together in her lap, Nora Jamison sat staring straight ahead, but looking at nothing in the room, rather at some mental picture.
— from The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory by Margaret Vandercook

Patrick tried his art of fence with the absurdity by saying: 'All but like a native.'
— from Celt and Saxon — Complete by George Meredith

Assistant Surgeon A. B. Lowe , a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, is a regular graduate of the Belview College of Medicine, New York City.
— from The Forty-third regiment United States Colored Troops by Jeremiah Marion Mickley