He with the revolver, I noticed, glanced a moment at his partner at that, but quickly turned his attention to us again.
— from The Lost Cabin Mine by Frederick Niven

So in English, my, thy, his, her, its, our, your , and their , agree with the nouns they represent, in number, gender, and person.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

That water that but one minute since stood in this place or that of the river, is now gone, and new and fresh is come in its place.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

[23] This classification of the human faculties, save some differences more nominal than real, is now generally adopted, and makes the foundation of the psychology of our times.
— from Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin

Silently steamed the large basin to the right, its neighbour gargled and bubbled.
— from Te Tohunga: The ancient legends and traditions of the Maoris by W. (Wilhelm) Dittmer

This required, indeed, no great amount of necromancy; as it is not probable that there was much variety in the costume of farmer's wives, at that time, while about their ordinary domestic engagements.
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

Like the fresco of the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii, the relief is not great art but a great document, a measure of the distance Roman sculpture had travelled in the scant century since the Altar of Peace.
— from The Mute Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Italy by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick

While Mutis, and his disciples Caldas and Zea, were prosecuting their researches in New Granada, an expedition under the botanists Ruiz and Pavon was sent to Peru; and an acrimonious paper war sprang up between the rivals, as to the respective merits of the barks of New Granada and Peru.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

These fruit-eating pigeons extend their range into New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
— from Pioneers in Australasia by Harry Johnston