The Boat under Serjt Pryor after drying some goods which got wet in the french Perogue & jurking the meet killed yesterday Set out at 12 oClock and proceeded on Six miles and Camped on the L. S. passed a Bluff of blue earth at 3 miles and a large Sand Island in a bend to the S. S. at 5 miles, R Fields brought in 5 Deer, G Shannon an Elk this eveng.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

while hunting they saw a thick brushey bottom on the bank of the river where from the tracks along shore they suspected that there were bare concealed; they therefore landed without making any nois and climbed a leaning tree and placed themselves on it's branches about 20 feet above the ground, when thus securely fixed they gave a hoop and this large bear instantly rushed forward to the place from whence he had heard the human voice issue, when he arrived at the tree he made a short paus and Drewyer shot him in the head.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

This opaque veil standing up between us and the sun projected a deep shadow on the flanks of the mountain.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Even in the woods it is not easy to find surface waters that are surely protected and streams particularly are dangerous sources of water supply.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

fast by, S. On-wald , sb. power; anwalde , dat. , S; anwolde , S; onwalde , S; onwolde , S.—AS. anwald .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

His present sweetness, politeness, and diffidence, seem to promise in future the same benevolence, dignity, and goodness.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

A few men, the least impressed of all by the scene, pronounced a discourse, some deploring this premature death, others expatiating on the grief of the father, and one very ingenious person quoting the fact that Valentine had solicited pardon of her father for criminals on whom the arm of justice was ready to fall—until at length they exhausted their stores of metaphor and mournful speeches, elaborate variations on the stanzas of Malherbe to Du Périer.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Magsúun nga kuntra partídu sa pulitika apan dílì sa lamísa, Brothers and sisters may be opponents in politics but not in their relationships with each other.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

So many words of one syllable and of Saxon derivation are used as to warrant the opinion that the speaker possesses a distinctive style.
— from African and European Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

A few of the old-time meeting-houses, with high pulpit, square pews, and deacons' seats, still remain in New England.
— from Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle

The young larches wore feathery green upon their crests, primroses shone on slopes where the grass was still pale and dead, snowdrops peeped out beside the wooden fences, and here and there, shining out of the brown decay of last year's leaves and thick ground-ivy, he found hepaticas.
— from The Wave: An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood

It is a simple, prompt and diffusive stimulant, approximating the principle indicated.
— from Asiatic Cholera: A treatise on its origin, pathology, treatment, and cure by Elijah Whitney

This last sentiment produces a distinct sensation.
— from The Last Million: How They Invaded France—and England by Ian Hay

Sir Francis said that he frequently gets through twenty cases of divorce a day, and sometimes sixty probate and divorce summonses and motions.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 07, Issue 42, June, 1894 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

A vague feeling crossed her mind, that if she could only get past him she should pass a danger; she thought to ride by without seeming to see him, and quietly gave the Brownie a pat to make him go faster.
— from The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner