From between the arcades the eye glanced up to a bit of blue sky or a passing cloud, and beheld the sun-gilt pinnacles of the abbey towering into the azure heaven.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

His brother, who is a member of the same firm His brother, a member of the same firm Trafalgar, which was Nelson's last battle Trafalgar, Nelson's last battle As positive statement is more concise than negative, and the active voice more concise than the passive, many of the examples given under Rules 11 and 12 illustrate this rule as well.
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk

His position as a man in society obliges him to call, Upon any stranger visiting his city, who brings a letter of introduction to him; Upon any friend from another city, to whose hospitality he has been at any time indebted; Upon any gentleman after receiving from his hands a favor or courtesy; Upon his host at any dinner or supper party, (such calls should be made very soon after the entertainment given); Upon any friend whose joy or grief calls for an expression of sympathy, whether it be congratulation or condolence; Upon any friend who has lately returned from a voyage or long journey; Upon any lady who has accepted his services as an {76} escort, either for a journey or the return from a ball or evening party; this call must be made the day after he has thus escorted the lady; Upon his hostess after any party to which he has been invited, whether he has accepted or declined such invitation; Upon any lady who has accepted his escort for an evening, a walk or a drive; Upon any friend whom long or severe illness keeps confined to the house; Upon his lady friends on New Year’s day, (if it is the custom of the city in which he resides;) Upon any of his friends when they receive bridal calls; Upon lady friends in any city you are visiting; if gentlemen friends reside in the same city, you may either call upon them or send your card with your address and the length of time you intend staying, written upon it; if a stranger or friend visiting your city sends such a card, you must call at the earliest opportunity; Upon any one of whom you wish to ask a favor; to make him, under such circumstances call upon you, is extremely rude; Upon any one who has asked a favor of you; you will add very much to the pleasure you confer, in granting a favor, by calling to express the gratification it affords you to be able to oblige your friend; you will soften the pain of a refusal, if, by calling, and expressing your regret, you show that you feel interested in the request, and consider it of importance.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

The enemy gave up all idea of detaching troops from Columbus.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

From these two points he will direct his forces on Lebanon, Summerville, and Lafayette, where he will act against Johnston, if he accept battle at Dalton; or move in the direction of Rome, if the enemy give up Dalton, and fall behind the Oostenaula or Etowah.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Ἐκψύχω, f. ξω, to expire, give up the ghost, Ac. 5.5, 10; 12.23.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

This diagram is shown to each gentleman upon his arrival, so that he can see who is coming for dinner and where he himself is placed.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

However this might be, the race went on Improving still through every generation, Until it centred in an only son, Who left an only daughter; my narration May have suggested that this single one Could be but Julia (whom on this occasion I shall have much to speak about), and she Was married, charming, chaste, and twenty-three.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

For they even gratified us with the spectacle of a battle, in which above sixty thousand Germans were slain, not by Roman arms, but, what was still grander, by mutual hostilities, as it were for our pleasure and entertainment.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

For the first six miles the road from Fort Ellis [16] to the wonder-land of the Yellowstone Valley follows the general course of the East Gallatin, up steep acclivities and through the defiles of a hilly country to the crest of the divide.
— from Wonders of the Yellowstone by James (Geologist) Richardson

“And that is better still; for garrulous patients are ill to cure, especially in fever; I say, then, that Eristratus gave us the cerebral nerves and the milk vessels; nay, more, he was the inventor of lithotomy, whatever you may say.
— from The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade

A man lay writhing on the earth, giving utterance to suppressed sounds of pain.
— from The Apple of Discord by Earle Ashley Walcott

Her ladyship has made my life so hard, has so shamed and crushed me, put such indignities upon me, that existence grew unbearable under your roof.
— from The Lion's Skin by Rafael Sabatini

A few seconds later the four were in the elevator, going up.
— from The Rover Boys Under Canvas; Or, The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine by Edward Stratemeyer

They don’t give one the notion of human dwellings at all at first, but soon the eye gets used to the absence of all that constitutes a house in Europe, the impression of wretchedness wears off, and one sees how picturesque they are, with palm-trees and tall pigeon-houses, and here and there the dome over a saint’s tomb.
— from Letters from Egypt by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady

The earth gives us no form more perfect, no features more symmetrical, no style more chaste, no movements more graceful, no finish more complete; so that our artists ever have and ever will regard the woman-form of humanity as the most perfect earthly type of Beauty.
— from Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver

In the Br[=a]hmanas it is the sacrifice that is god-compelling; but in the epic, although sacrifice has its place, yet when miraculous power is exerted, it is due chiefly to Yoga concentration, or to the equally general use of formulae; not formulae as part of a sacrifice, but as in themselves potent; and mysterious mantras , used by priest and warrior alike, serve every end of magic.[9] Apart from acquisition of power, this Yoga-training is, moreover, all that is needful from the point of view of righteousness.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

As he spoke, however, he observed Lady Sandgate’s approach to the hall by the entrance giving upon the great terrace, and addressed her on her passing the threshold.
— from The Outcry by Henry James