A Polish count, aged 462 eighteen, devoted himself to the ladies, who pronounced him "a fascinating dear," and a German Serene Something, having come for the supper alone, roamed vaguely about, seeking what he might devour.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

A Polish count, aged eighteen, devoted himself to the ladies, who pronounced him, 'a fascinating dear', and a German Serene Something, having come to supper alone, roamed vaguely about, seeking what he might devour.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[ 291 ] The inhabitants of these small and ramshackle villages are shy and timid, though in olden days they would have been dangerous to the Trobrianders.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ), which breeds on the high Culver Cliffs of the Isle of Wight, and in the Lulworth Rocks, is in the summer a regular visitor, and scours the whole country.
— from The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery by John R. (John Richard) Wise

On every side are rich valleys and smiling hillsides, and, deep-set in their hollows, lovely lakes sparkle like gems."
— from America, Volume 4 (of 6) by Joel Cook

The stage is darkened, and a medley of scenes, representing landscapes, palaces, rooms, is lowered and brought forward; so that characters and furniture are no longer seen, but the STRANGER alone remains visible and seems to be standing stiffly as though unconscious.
— from The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy by August Strindberg

Add stuffed and rolled veal, and simmer until tender.
— from Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors by Maria Willett Howard

Besides, these same facilities and their accompaniments render Southern society a really vital and sensitive thing, so that a wound in some vital part, as Vicksburg or Chattanooga, is felt to the remotest ends of Secessia.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Therefore this morning we started to clamber up the steep mountain side that has to be crossed between Besse Sæter and Rus Vand, and skirting the shores of Bes Vand—which lies on a small plateau at the summit—we soon found ourselves scrambling down over the loose stones, and through the willow scrub that covers the uneven slopes approaching the east end of the lake.
— from Three in Norway, by Two of Them by Walter J. Clutterbuck

No, I walked—wanted exercise," said Anstice rather vaguely; and Sir Richard nodded.
— from Afterwards by Kathlyn Rhodes