It was seen about 1858 by an English traveller (Mr. St. John).’—[“Montaigne the Essayist,” by Bayle St. John, 1858, 2 vols.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

OF THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED BARK By stages as already described or left undescribed, two days after quitting the grove Don Quixote and Sancho reached the river Ebro, and the sight of it was a great delight to Don Quixote as he contemplated and gazed upon the charms of its banks, the clearness of its stream, the gentleness of its current and the abundance of its crystal waters; and the pleasant view revived a thousand tender thoughts in his mind.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And the student cannot do better than study the excellent book by Sir Alfred D. Fripp on this subject, entitled Human Anatomy for Art Students.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

If, therefore, the nature of the external body be similar to the nature of our body, then the idea which we form of the external body will involve a modification of our own body similar to the modification of the external body.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

33° 37' S. at which island, after recruiting their wood and water, they were to cruize off the anchorage for fifty-six days; and, if not joined by the commodore in that time, they were to conclude that some accident had befallen him, and were forthwith to put themselves under the command of the senior officer, who was to use his utmost endeavour to annoy the enemy both by sea and land.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

What I think is I am sorry for the Examiners, but B says they were the ones who set the papers and it serves them perfectly right.
— from The Lost Kafoozalum by Pauline Ashwell

The exercise brought back some semblance of self-control, and her eyes were beginning to take on their wonted snap when Whitney rose unsteadily and stepped toward the elevator.
— from I Spy by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

At the beginning of the rebellion his property had been about nine tenths encumbered; but by securing an act transferring all encumbrances to the king, and then obtaining a release from his obligations in that quarter, he freed himself from all his difficulties.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

But some have mounted so high to pour out their clear song that they cannot hope to reach the earth before being seized.
— from The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay

Twenty-two of their vessels reached St. Malo; thirteen anchored with Tourville in the bays of Cherbourg and La Hogue; but their 7-079 ] pursuers were soon upon them, and in a bold attack the English boats burned ship after ship under the eyes of the French army.
— from History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green

Susan got off the car in the very shadow of the "works," and stood for a moment looking at the great foundries, the dark and dirty yards, with their interlacing tracks and loaded cars, the enormous brick buildings set with rows and rows of blank and dusty windows, the brick chimneys and the black pipes of the blast-furnaces, the heaps of twisted old iron and of ashes, the blowing dust and glare of the hot summer day.
— from Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris

"By allowing certain of the great Powers to see her cards, Belgium was not supporting the European balance, but seriously disturbing it.
— from What Germany Thinks Or, The War as Germans see it by Thomas F. A. Smith

This was more difficult work than trapping eagles, but by setting many snares he caught during the winter more than a hundred of them.
— from Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park by James Willard Schultz

But Mr. Van Torp was an exception to the rule, for he liked privacy, and even solitude, and though few men were better able to face a newspaper reporter in fair fight, he very much preferred not to be perpetually on the look-out lest he should be obliged to escape by back stairs and side doors, like a hunted thief.
— from The Diva's Ruby by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford