And yet, Lord, we perceive intervals of times, and compare them, and say, some are shorter, and others longer.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It is a rather local and scarce bird, but even in places where they are common they are so shy that they are hardly ever seen, and are considered in consequence much rarer than really is the case.
— from Birds of Britain by J. Lewis (John Lewis) Bonhote

When the gigantic extent of these docks, and the mass of property in them, are considered, Tyre and Sidon shrink up into utter insignificance.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 by Various

At last the anxiety came to a sudden stop; the hand gave one jerk more violent than before; the eyes shot out a sudden gleam, and then Ombra was suddenly, significantly still.
— from Ombra by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In the Awatobi collections there are several small disks made apparently of pipe clay, which also were probably used as ornaments.
— from Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Jesse Walter Fewkes

From a point very near the Australian coast the Adventure sailed straight across to New Zealand and duly rejoined the Resolution in Queen Charlotte Sound.
— from Pioneers in Australasia by Harry Johnston

It seemed incredible to Philip that anybody could tell a story so poorly.
— from A Modern Madonna by Caroline Abbot Stanley

The auto came to a sudden stop.
— from Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout; Or, The Speediest Car on the Road by Victor Appleton

And can this ark contain them all?’ said Sidonia, seating himself on some timber that was at hand.
— from Tancred; Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield