“Come on board, D’Arcy,” said Hanks at length, looking over the side.
— from Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by William Henry Giles Kingston

The Veterinary Surgeon has a long list of them, suited to the wants and dangers, imaginary or real, of his patients; and he who is not scientifically acquainted with them, will occasionally blunder in the choice of remedies, or the application of the means of cure which he adopts.
— from The Dog by William Youatt

Then, coming on a great bank of dewberries, she sank down into the yielding heather and gave herself up to enjoyment, finally stretching herself at long length on the springy softness, and watching the lake through her half-closed eyelids.
— from Red Rowans by Flora Annie Webster Steel

In one hand she held a long lance of the same shiny stuff, and in the [Pg 89] other a big flag.
— from Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin