[Drops the purse, scattering gold coins] There, they are all over the place.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

That these various reputations arose in some wells from medicinal qualities found by experience to dwell in the waters, is clear at a glance; but in many cases the character of the patron saint gives character to the well.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

If a good berry be properly roasted and the infusion be of the proper strength, good coffee must result.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In the evening to Lumbard-streete about money, to enable me to pay Sir G. Carteret’s L3000, which he hath lodged in my hands, in behalf of his son and my Lady Jemimah, toward their portion, which, I thank God, I am able to do at a minute’s warning.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

So with Creed to the Excise Office, and back to White Hall, where, in the Park, Sir G. Carteret did give me an account of his discourse lately, with the Commissioners of Accounts, who except against many things, but none that I find considerable; among others, that of the Officers of the Navy selling of the King’s goods, and particularly my providing him with calico flags, which having been by order, and but once, when necessity, and the King’s apparent profit, justified it, as conformable to my particular duty, it will prove to my advantage that it be enquired into.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I have been Pg 120 rambling through Portugal, Spain, Greece, &c. &c. for some years, and have found so many changes on my return, that it would be very unfair not to expect that you should have had your share of alteration and improvement with the rest.
— from Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

The thing goes on for some time, and then, when merchant ship after merchant ship is missing, there are complaints at home, and out comes a ship or two with the queen's pennant at the head, and then either the pirate ship gets caught at sea and sunk or captured, or there's a visit to the little island, and a short shrift for those found there.
— from The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

As was indicated in the previous section greater care in temperature of the egg is necessary in the first half of the hatch.
— from The Dollar Hen by Milo Hastings