That it was no dream to rouse and combine the nations of the East under the headship of one man, witness the careers of the adventurers who there, from age to age, have risen to empire; and who certainly were not superior in genius, nor as leaders of men, to the great Corsican.
— from The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

“No, sirree, I guess not, as long as old Zach hain’t forgot to handle the shootin’-irons!”
— from The Wreck of the Nancy Bell; Or, Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

“And shall I go now and leave you?
— from The Foolish Virgin by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

I thought to myself once, "Shall I go nearer and listen?"
— from The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Various

As they advanced to the first picquet the alarm was given; the out-posts were driven in, or put to death; and in an instant the sides of the hill on which the fort was situated were covered by our people, who scrambled up, under a most tremendous discharge of grape shot and musketry: some sailors jumped into the embrasures, driving the enemy before: the soldiers, who had reached the gates, at length succeeded in forcing them open, and a scene of dreadful conflict took place: the enemy still continuing to make a stout resistance, were put to the sword in great numbers; at length, as many as could escape through the gates and embrasures, or by leaping over the walls, fled with the utmost precipitation towards the town of Point à Pitre.
— from An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794 Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Cooper Willyams

I saw there a whole case filled with the skulls of the rhinoceros Teleoceras fossiger , which I secured in great numbers at Long Island.
— from The Life of a Fossil Hunter by Charles H. (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg

There is a Caddis-fly which appears on the water about the beginning of June, and which I have seen in great numbers as late as the middle of October, that does not seem to have obtained a popular name among fishermen.
— from Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies by Charles Edward Walker