[91-124] he left the upper regions, my shattered life crept on in darkness and grief, inly indignant at the fate of my innocent friend.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

The party started out with Chito as a guide, and, after many miles of wearisome travel up rugged mountain sides and over steep and almost impassable mountain trails, they paused at the base of a cliff, and saw, far up the height, the mouth of Valerio’s cave, and, what was more, Valerio himself sitting in the doorway fast asleep.
— from A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

When the waste-pipes of a house are clogged, we do not expect the plumber to go to the top of the building and poke substances down the pipe to dislodge the unduly retained material some twenty-five feet or more away.
— from Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

"I hope you haven't got tired of waiting, Tom," it said; and, turning, Jingleberry saw the unquestionably real Marian standing in the doorway.
— from The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs

If Billy was the usual rich man's son it might be different.
— from The Thirteenth Chair: A Play in Three Acts by Bayard Veiller

In one of the upper rooms Mr. Stephens found a beam of sapote wood used as a lintel, which was covered with very elegantly carved decorations.
— from Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. (John Denison) Baldwin

Inferior and superior act and re-act on each other through agencies and media too delicate and subtle for human apprehensions; yet, looking to usual results, man should be willing to leave to God what God only can regulate.
— from Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh

For male serfs, says the same author, at all times until recently, military service was the only avenue to freedom.
— from The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Henry Charles Carey