The galleys were very narrow, only 15-1/2 feet in beam.[9] But to give room for the play of the oars and the passage of the fighting-men, &c., this width was largely augmented by an opera-morta , or outrigger deck, projecting much beyond the ship's sides and supported by timber brackets.[10] I do not find it stated how great this projection was in the mediaeval galleys, but in those of the 17th century it was on each side as much as 2/9ths of the true beam.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Rather than so, ah let me still survive, And still burn on, in Cupid's flames, alive."
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Many multitudes were put to death by the sword and stake, but many, many thousands fled to England, to begin anew their lives as manufacturers and mariners; and for years Belgium was one quaking peril, an inferno, whose torturers were Spaniards.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

‘Yes, Rose, I remember it all; and I can forgive your uncharitable conclusions; for, perhaps, if I did not know her myself, I should put all these things together, and believe the same as you do; but thank God, I do know her; and I should be unworthy the name of a man, if I could believe anything that was said against her, unless I heard it from her own lips.—I should as soon believe such things of you, Rose.’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

He saw a slave before him in that simple yielding faithful creature, and his soul within him thrilled secretly somehow at the knowledge of his power.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

An' do you like driving in a trap with your father?" "Yes," said Anna, shy, but bored by these inanities.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

There speak and strike, brave boys, and take your turns; There serve your lust, shadowed from heaven's eye, And revel in Lavinia's treasury.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Something appeared, startled by my noise.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Nothing on Earth of natural origin on such a scale bears them analogue.
— from Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell

The ambassadors of King William found themselves pleased with the little princess whom they had come to see, and sent back a favourable report, signifying also the consent of King Henry.
— from The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) by George Burton Adams

He had feared that she would indignantly reject it, give utterance to her detestation of the Russian, and overwhelm him with reproaches for having dared to suggest such a scheme, but nothing of all this had occurred; she had listened quietly.
— from Castle Hohenwald: A Romance by Adolf Streckfuss

A month’s cruise in a submarine in wintry Atlantic weather, hunted and chased most of the way from Heligoland to the Fastnet and back, is calculated to try any human nerves: but to be depth-charged periodically, or surprised and shelled by an innocent-looking tramp or schooner, does not improve the enthusiasm of the men.
— from Q-Ships and Their Story by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton

And, holding his reloaded Lee-Metford rifle high over his head, he plunged into the treacly sea and swam back towards the dragon.
— from Oswald Bastable and Others by E. (Edith) Nesbit

And Sir Lucan lifted the King on one side and Sir Bedivere lifted him on the other.
— from Stories of King Arthur's Knights, Told to the Children by Mary MacGregor by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

Mrs. Tingley, a kindly little soul who had felt it her Christian duty to be present, moved over to the little organ, and Nan, conspicuous in a four-year-old tailored suit and a black sailor-hat, rose calmly from her seat and stood beside the minister's wife.
— from Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

In the course of his remarks, replying to the toast of his health at the state dinner, he said, "I saw a suggestion, before I left England, that the British Empire might be willing to part with one or more of the British West Indian Islands to a foreign power, and I should like to say here again what I said in Barbados in March, that British subjects are not for sale.
— from Down Under with the Prince by Everard Cotes

Sometimes a shell bursts prematurely, and drops around here."
— from Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by John Gallishaw

"You seem a sharp boy, and not one to go without payment."
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James