Up, and to my chamber, whither Jonas Moore comes, and, among other things, after our business done, discoursing of matters of the office, I shewed him my varnished things, which he says he can outdo much, and tells me the mighty use of Napier’s bones; [John Napier or Neper (1550-1617), laird of Merchiston (now swallowed up in the enlarged Edinburgh of to-day, although the old castle still stands), and the inventor of logarithms.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Also they told us for certain, that the King’s statue is making by the Mercers’ Company (who are bound to do it) to set up in the Exchange.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

No one ever came to see us but the postman, who brought my sister letters from the doctor, and Prokofy, who sometimes came in to see us in the evening, and after looking at my sister without speaking went away, and when he was in the kitchen said: "Every class ought to remember its rules, and anyone, who is so proud that he won't understand that, will find it a vale of tears.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The nights splendid, with full moon—about 10 the grandest of star-shows up in the east and south, Jupiter, Saturn, Capella, Aldebaran, and great Orion.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

“That was what you sealed up in the envelope.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

As the patient was to sit up in the evening, he appointed to visit her in her room at a certain hour, and rambling out with his book, did not return until the hour arrived.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Slavery, unknown in the earliest times, existed as a recognized institution during the whole of the Monarchical Period.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

c. 91 , where he speaks of this place as being swallowed up in the earth.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

205 When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill, and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of which I am ignorant, and which know me not, I am frightened, and am astonished at being here rather than there; for there is no reason why here rather than there, why now rather than then.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

25, noteth out of Æschylus his tragedy, intituled Seven to Thebe , Amphiaraus a wise vertuous man was therefore swallowed up in the earth, with seven men, and seven horses, because he had associat himself with Tydeus, Capaneus and other impious commanders marching to the siege of Thebe.”
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

But all this unpleasantness was swallowed up in the enjoyment with which I looked at the illustrations and read the description of them.
— from In the World by Maksim Gorky

In his belief that his pretended despatching of the king would gratify David, the Amalekite undoubtedly reckoned without his host; but such things were so common, so universal in the East, that we can hardly divest ourselves of a certain amount of compassion for him.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

and the refined complaisances of his new confessor he felt the distinction to be one rather of taste than of principle; and it seemed to him that the religion of the aristocracy might not unfairly be summed up in the ex-soprano's cynical aphorism: "As respectful children of our Heavenly Father it behoves us not to speak till we are spoken to.
— from The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton

Still he was resolved to leave no stone unturned in the endeavour to retrieve his ruined fortunes; but feeling sick at heart and the prey to a deep depression of spirits, he plunged hastily into a public-house to take some refreshment.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

They observed, that Amphiaraus, a wise and virtuous man, was therefore swallowed up in the earth with seven men and seven horses, because he had joined himself and associated with Tydeus, Capaneus, and other wicked commanders marching to the siege of Thebe.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

It may be imagined by some that this is an Utopian Idea, and that we can never find men to serve us in the Executive department, without paying them well for their services.
— from The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 1 by United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)

It was followed instantly by a scream so utterly inhuman that even then she almost wheeled and fled.
— from Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Suddenly he started up, in the extremity of terror.
— from Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens