What was left of the second sheet and the Brunswick black came in very nicely to make a banner bearing the legend SHE IS NEARLY
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Now the taking of Sardis came about as follows:—When the fourteenth day came after Croesus began to be besieged, Cyrus made proclamation to his army, sending horsemen round to the several parts of it, that he would give gifts to the man who should first scale the wall.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

What has the baby been christened?
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The most ridiculous part of this is what this nautical author tells of the bay between Cape St. Elias and Cape St. Hermogenes (Marmot Island off the coast of Kadiak Island), for these points are farther apart than Copenhagen and Bremen.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

He also sent such presents to those that were there as were in esteem, on account that that they either rarely or never were seen in that country, The servant got thither not under a considerable time; for it requires much time to pass through Meopotamia, in which it is tedious traveling, both in the winter for the depth of the clay, and in summer for want of water; and, besides this, for the robberies there committed, which are not to be avoided by travelers but by caution beforehand.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The black bag caught against the door and he stumbled and fell.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

“`Why now, that's strange,' answered he; `neither you, nor any of my friends, would ever allow me to know anything of the matter, and yet I believe I am as good a hand at every game as any of you all; and I heartily wish I was to play with you only for your whole fortune: I should desire no better sport, and I would let you name your game into the bargain: but come, my dear boy, have you the hundred in your pocket?”
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Thus the Chhāndogya , which is equal in importance, and only slightly inferior in extent, to the Bṛihadāraṇyaka , bears clear traces, like the latter, of being made up of collections of floating materials.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

‘The American ambassador’ is written with a seemingly unconsidered mastery of small detail that gives the book background, charmingly.” + N Y Times 22:194
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

The visitors who were leaving, jolly Madaline and capable Margaret, were being helped pack their bags by Corene, who in spite of offers from the other Bobbies still held to the responsibilities of leadership.
— from The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong; Or, Peg of Tamarack Hills by Lilian Garis

In time the barbarians became civilized and fused with the peoples whom they conquered.
— from Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie

The black ball came tumbling down with a thump on the ground, and Marriner, pouncing upon it, put it in his sack.
— from Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Lewis Hough

The impetuosity of this act and the weight and momentum of his body carried the bull backward, clutching and clawing for support, down through the leafy branches of the tree.
— from Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Another form of boiler, first invented by Clarke or Crawford, and lately revived, has the uptake made of boxes into which a number, generally from two to four tubes, are expanded, the boxes being connected together by nipples (Fig. 9).
— from Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company

Fitz Stephen says that on Shrove Tuesday the boys brought cocks to school and made them fight—the Master received from every boy a “Cockpenny.”
— from Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social by Walter Besant

Holes will have to be bored carefully for either brads or screw.
— from Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop by Harris W. Moore

Or do you think that by being continually reminded of it we can become as those Bostonians are?
— from Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells

Did you see another officer on duty in the basement but closer to the ramp that runs between Main and Commerce?
— from Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission