He was born so, educated so, his veins were full of ancestral blood that was rotten with this sort of unconscious brutality, brought down by inheritance from a long procession of hearts that had each done its share toward poisoning the stream.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Alexander and his troops therefore split open a small gate, and got within the city long before the 330 others; for those who had been put under Perdiccas were behind time, having experienced difficulty in scaling the walls, as most of them did not bring ladders, thinking that the city had been captured, when they observed that the walls were deserted by the defenders.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great and trying difficulties; and their character has been established in Continental warfare by the irresistible spirit with which they have effected debarkations in spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the gallantry and steadiness with which they have maintained their advantages against superior numbers.
— from Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849 by Richard Cannon

About the only work Tom had ever done, it seemed to him, was to fetch in venison and bear-oil, to break colts, and to raise a din in the valley pastures and wooded canyons with his bear-hounds.
— from The Turtles of Tasman by Jack London

The best plan is to get regular customers, and go to their houses every day, including Sunday, for which it is usual to charge from $1.50 a week up, for one head.
— from The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny

Janet tired her eyes daily in scanning the fields in the direction of Easthope, but a certain person came no more by that much frequented way.
— from Moth and Rust; Together with Geoffrey's Wife and The Pitfall by Mary Cholmondeley

Jane stared unwinkingly at the vision for a long minute, then her eyes descended in startled haste to the floor, where rested the locked and strapped box, with O. A. B. in white letters on its end.
— from Truthful Jane by Florence Morse Kingsley

The two girls found plenty to occupy them at the office, while Louise did the reportorial work and flitted through Millville and down to Huntingdon each day in search of small items of local interest.
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum