She then entered the house and laid the Rice-child (still in its basket) on a new sleeping-mat with pillows at the head.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

When Maurice took off his shoe that evening to have a look at his foot, which was aching and throbbing feverishly, the skin came with it; the blood spurted forth and he uttered a cry of pain.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola

In political economy, in scientific thought, in history, in moral philosophy and in polite learning, and in criticism, I think our day has produced the greatest teachers, as well as the largest number of them since the English tongue had a literature of its own.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

Raising my still tearful eyes towards him, and looking confidingly in his face, I replied: “I have been crying, Lorenzo, because I heard Donna Faustina is here, and that you had gone to see her.”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

The superincumbent earth was removed by a trench whose boundary was the solid rock on each side until the cave widened to more than 8 feet between the walls; then a width of 7 to 9 feet was excavated midway between the sides, the entire trench having a length of 92 feet, or reaching nearly to the vertical wall at the rear.
— from Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke

* * si igitur contra hanc securitatis cartam ire temptaverimus tunc emendare debeamus cum nostris successoribus tibi et tuis heredibus auri libras quinque, et hec securitatis carta in sua permaneat firmitate.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

Didn't you hear them say they expected to have a large sum of money here on Monday?
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue