Crowding together they strapped and buckled their satchels, all gabbling gaily: —A riddle, sir?
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

But would such a great girl as Rosy get tired?
— from A Walk and a Drive. by Thomas Miller

Young again he seemed and gladsome, Glad as Raven when the father Made his first bow from the elm-tree, From the ash tree made his arrows, Taught him how to aim his arrows, How to shoot Wabóse—the rabbit.
— from Legends of the Northwest by Hanford Lennox Gordon

The Sebassas are great gamblers, and 'resemble the Chinooks in their games.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Beneath are the ashes of Hafiz and Sadi; above, green gardens and running waters, roses and nightingales.
— from Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans, 1781-1812 by George Smith

“If so I will give thee a shop with all kinds of merchandise, and thou shalt buy and sell and get gain, and rise to a position of importance.”
— from Sindbad the Sailor, & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights by Anonymous