" The Governor, who often drank in secret with his own favorite Sultanas the wines of Greece and Shiraz, never in public drank anything but water.
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

The Governor, who often drank in secret with his own favorite Sultanas the wines of Greece and Shiraz, never in public drank anything but water.
— from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch

This place is named El Canyon del Rio Seco, a name common in America, because not only has vegetation long since covered the face of this wall with an emerald carpet, but it is evident that in remote periods a channel by which the waters of the upper plateaus of the Andes, overflowing, either in consequence of an earthquake or some natural inundation, pour down to the plain—had violently and naturally cut itself a passage to the sea.
— from The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure by Gustave Aimard

I never see no iron plow dem days.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Marcus Aurelius exhorted himself—'The poet says, Dear city of Cecrops; shall not I pay, Dear city of God?'
— from Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge

deh nah (in) bush en Deer cough, yo' go say, 'Nar (is) pusson.'" "Dat nar true," broke in Dogbah eagerly, a spark of understanding falling on his dull mind.
— from Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales by Henry W. Ward

Similar associations exist when awake: the man whose arm has been amputated constantly refers the pain he experiences to the lost hand, or to that part of the limb which received the injury; and the very same nervous illusion prevails during his slumbers.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen