Mr. Winkle mounted to the box, the fat boy waddled to the same perch, and fell fast asleep instantly.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

At one moment I felt my foot touch the sand, and then again I was in deep water; my arms began to lose their power of motion; my breath failed me under the influence of the strangling waters— a thousand wild and delirious thoughts crossed me: as well as I can now recall them, my chief feeling was, how sweet it would be to lay my head on the quiet earth, where the surges would no longer strike my weakened frame, nor the sound of waters ring in my ears—to attain this repose, not to save my life, I made a last effort—the shelving shore suddenly presented a footing for me.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Then get a lot of strong poles, about five feet long, and lay them close together along the two sides of the roof till it is covered with poles; putting a very heavy one, or small log, on the outer edge of each, and fastening it down with a pin into the ridge log.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

[76] The sacred Psalmist also found fault with those of whom he said, "I looked for some to lament with me, and there was none."
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The shattering trumpet shrilleth high, The hard brands shiver on the steel, The splinter'd spear-shafts crack and fly, The horse and rider reel: They reel, they roll in clanging lists, And when the tide of combat stands, Perfume and flowers fall in showers, That lightly rain from ladies' hands.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

SOSTHENES Some people are Freethinkers from sheer stupidity.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

But the troops sent by Dumouriez were now co-operating effectually with Kellerman, and that general's own men, flushed by success, presented a firmer front than ever.
— from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir

"Well," said Jennie, smiling, "principles are far from filling.
— from Ruth Fielding At College; or, The Missing Examination Papers by Alice B. Emerson

Who assert his place, and teach Lighter labor, nobler speech, Standing firm, erect, and strong, Proud as Freedom, free as song? II.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

When a dancing-girl dies, some paddy and five fanams are given from the temple to which she was attached, to defray the funeral expenses.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 2 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The latter, indeed, had latterly relieved her, in a great degree, if not altogether, of all her distant and outdoor charities, so that little now was left to her management but the claims of such poor as flocked for assistance to the house.
— from The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

Within the yard into which the cattle were being driven, on one side, were two strong posts, about five feet high, with a cross-piece on the top and another at the bottom, with a strong rail between them, which could be moved from side to side and fixed by means of a peg.
— from The Young Berringtons: The Boy Explorers by William Henry Giles Kingston

About the same period, another Frenchman, François Belcour, is exercising the same craft in York.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding