Three miles further she cut across the straight and deserted Roman road called Long-Ash Lane; leaving which as soon as she reached it she dipped down a hill by a transverse lane into the small town or village of Evershead, being now about halfway over the distance.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

Soon after Sigvat returns home, and comes to King Olaf at Sarpsborg a little before Yule.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

[130] Coster , the short and slang rendering of “costermonger,” or “costardmonger,” who was originally an apple-seller.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Granted that it comes to much the same in the end, for it does not matter whether “yea” is called “yea” or “nay,” so long as it is understood which it is to be; but our own more direct way of calling a spade a spade, rather than a rake, with the intention that every one should understand it as a spade, seems more satisfactory.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

The sun had just set as she raised her head above the waves; but the clouds were tinted with crimson and gold, and through the glimmering twilight beamed the evening star in all its beauty.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

These visions, which she had been dwelling on with complacency in her conversation with Mrs. Shaw's maid (skilfully eliciting meanwhile all the circumstances of state and consequence connected with the Harley Street establishment, for the edification of the listening Martha), made Dixon rather inclined to be supercilious in her treatment of any inhabitant of Milton; so, though she always stood rather in awe of Mr. Thornton, she was as curt as she durst be in telling him that he could see none of the inmates of the house that night.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

On the opposite wall, at the further end of the graveled walk, a green marble arch was painted once upon a time by a local artist, and in this semblance of a shrine a statue representing Cupid is installed; a Parisian Cupid, so blistered and disfigured that he looks like a candidate for one of the adjacent hospitals, and might suggest an allegory to lovers of symbolism.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

The unfortunate Justina reached Aquileia in safety; but she distrusted the strength of the fortifications: she dreaded the event of a siege; and she resolved to implore the protection of the great Theodosius, whose power and virtue were celebrated in all the countries of the West.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

His father and mother lived in Boston, but now he was spending the summer at Sandy River country, with his grandmother.
— from Caleb in the Country by Jacob Abbott

As we passed one of the landin’ places on the staircase where some chairs wuz placed, I see the ancient dame settin’ and sarahuptishously rubbin’ her ankle jints.
— from Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley

To a press representative, Lady Doyle expressed her admiration of the Australian scenery, and she referred enthusiastically to the Darling Downs district and to the Toowoomba Range.
— from The Wanderings of a Spiritualist by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sheep are so rare in Japan that an old ram has been exhibited at a country fair as a lion.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

Among these are found pieces which in shape and size resemble lentils.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Yet, in [Pg 200] many States, a special rule has been adopted whereby a corporation may be held upon such contract in certain cases even though it had no power to make it.
— from Commercial Law by Richard William Hill

She had pulled off her hat as soon as she returned, and had flung herself into the big dining-room chair.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

This was a kind of life from the dead to us both, and it was resolved that my wife should go back in the sloop directly to Virginia, where she should wait the good news from England, and should send me an account of it as soon as she received it.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe

I think she would get a glance of approval, though, from people who like sense and simplicity rather than fuss and feathers.
— from Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott