Then of some years later, at Castle Garden, Battery, I yet recall the splendid seasons of the Havana musical troupe under Maretzek—the fine band, the cool sea-breezes, the unsurpass'd vocalism—Steffan'one, Bosio, Truffi, Marini in "Marino Faliero," "Don Pasquale," or "Favorita."
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

He plucks flowers and weeds, and weaves chaplets of them, or sails yellow leaves and bits of bark on the stream, rejoicing in their safety, or weeping at their wreck.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I have more than once seen your little white hands prepare certain beverages——" "Oh, fie!
— from A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue

“Now what will be the next title or string you look forward to, Ulysses, may I ask?
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth

I believe that you take off something; you look much older than that.
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock

In 1473, only thirty or so years later, by the charter of Henry IV. , issued at Segovia, these coins were rated at 300 and 200 maravedis respectively.
— from The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

“The others say you laugh at the men of the tribe and give love to the strangers––they say you pass Ka-yemo on the trail and your eyes never see him any more because of the men of iron who give you gifts!”
— from The Flute of the Gods by Marah Ellis Ryan

Why, I thought you talked of some young lady who was to keep him in order?” “She’s a Christian too,” replied Jucundus; and a silence ensued.
— from Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman

I have been busy at the office since you left.
— from Yankee Boys in Japan; Or, The Young Merchants of Yokohama by Henry Harrison Lewis

My dear Lyell, I never thought of showing your letter to any one.
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin