On March 1, 1916, the enemy renewed its submarine campaign after lying dormant since the day when Baralong had sunk her U 41, except for the Christmas-time temporary outburst.
— from Q-Ships and Their Story by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton

This suit had an interlining of scarlet camlet; and lutestring drawers seamed with scarlet and silver lace.
— from Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

The Tête-à-tête D AWN had followed this night so fruitful in events, during which sleep had not touched Julia's eyes; uneasy, impatient, twenty times had she arisen from her sofa to go to the door and listen, in the belief that she could at last distinguish some sound, some disturbance which indicated the approach of the marquis.
— from The Barber of Paris by Paul de Kock

It was yesterday too that Boston possessed a suburban service in which she could at least display some slight evidences of satisfaction.
— from Our Railroads To-Morrow by Edward Hungerford

In the middle of the room, beside the splendid porphyry vase standing there upon its gilded pedestal, leaned the tall, athletic form of Count Schwarzenberg, casting a long, dark shadow upon the shining surface of the inlaid floor.
— from The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

As he reached the path below, he heard a sharp cry, and looking down saw, by the dim light of a candle stuck in the wall, Brinkley struggling helplessly in the powerful grip of Monk.
— from Matt: A Story of A Caravan by Robert Williams Buchanan