When Gotrik heard of this, he attacked the nations bordering on the Elbe, and attempted to regain under his sway as of old the realm of Saxony, which eagerly accepted the yoke of Karl, and preferred the Roman to the Danish arms.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

In a few minutes Sir Thomas came to her, and asked if she were engaged; and the “Yes, sir; to Mr. Crawford,” was exactly what he had intended to hear.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

“Your own mother is aware of the visits of the King, and she will explain all to you; but do not suspect me wrongfully.”
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

The clear-eyed spring with the wood-birds mating, The rose-red summer with eyes aglow, The yellow fall with serene eyes waiting, The wild-eyed winter with hair all snow?
— from A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V by Algernon Charles Swinburne

The good man heard their artless story through, And said, "I think, dear sirs, there must be few Blest with such wondrous eyes as those you wear.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various

John Olive Stephen Wallis The corn mill at the bottom of Snowhill was erected about the year 1781: the brick work of this extensive building, which is excellent in its kind, was executed by Mr. Edward Jones, according to contract; which was, for bricks, mortar, and labour, one guinea per thousand.
— from A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Charles Pye

"I say that you like equal laws and equal privileges, friend Dafidson," continued Seneca, with emphasis; "and that you have seen too much of the evils of nobility and of feudal oppression in the Old World, to wish to fall in with them in the New."
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Midnight had passed ere the fruitless search was ended, and the young man returned wearily to the great house.
— from Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War by Kirk Munroe

I. When and by whom Stonehenge was built ( a ) Stonehenge was erected about the year 1700 B.C. (See page 51.)
— from Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday by Frank Stevens

In the swamps I once saw a teacher giving lessons in writing; some of his scholars were eighteen and twenty years old, yet could not read what they wrote, but copied the letters as we should copy hieroglyphics.
— from Wild Sports in the Far West by Friedrich Gerstäcker

The ancient mansion of Healey Hall was a cumbrous inconvenient dwelling of timber; but the spirit of improvement having gone forth in the reign of Elizabeth, an ordinary hall-house of stone was erected, about the year 1620, by Oliver Chadwick.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby