Exactly as we today with fried herring and river lamprey.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

'Now I think of it,' said Mr Riderhood, evasively, for he was substituting those words for 'Now I see you so jealous,' which was the phrase really in his mind; 'P'r'aps he went and took me down wrong, a purpose, on account o' being sweet upon her!'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

We asked him if he had ever tried washing flannels in the river, and he replied: “No, not exactly himself like; but he knew some fellows who had, and it was easy enough;” and Harris and I were weak enough to fancy he knew what he was talking about, and that three respectable young men, without position or influence, and with no experience in washing, could really clean their own shirts and trousers in the river Thames with a bit of soap.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

This was forty rods, or poles, and four of these furrows made up the acre.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

The National armies were thoroughly intrenched all the way from the Tennessee River to Corinth.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

" "There stands a tinker," quoth Robin, "that would fain take me to Nottingham, there to hang upon the gallows tree.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

These shafts which sunlike flash and burn, Winged with the feathers of the hern, Each swift of flight and sure and dread, With even knot and pointed head, Fierce as the crashing fire-bolt sent By him who rules the firmament, 555 Shall reach thy wicked foe and like Infuriate serpents hiss and strike.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

It was not very large, and the floor was of lime; but when he danced with his bride on the lime-covered floor, it was to him white and shining, and from every stone in the wall flowers seemed to spring forth and decorate the room as with the richest tapestry.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

But he thought there was, father.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

I could, with David, praise him with a full heart, and sought a lone place to return thanksgiving and praise to him who had so signally answered my petition, and was confident that the same All-seeing Eye and Directing Hand would prepare the way for the desired interview.
— from A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland by Laura S. (Laura Smith) Haviland

The gonads are among the oldest organs, the few other organs that we find in the Platodes between the gut-wall and body-wall being later evolutionary products.
— from The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Haeckel

So far from slackening speed and letting the signalling train come [106] up on them, they had suddenly veered to the left, the south, and, bending low like jockies over their coursers' manes, they shot across the track, dived down into the pebbly bottom, and the next thing Geordie saw they were plunging breast-deep through the brown and heaving torrent, the waters foaming at their knees.
— from To the Front: A Sequel to Cadet Days by Charles King

I already knew a good deal about the rabbits in Australasia and their marvelous fecundity, but in my talks with him I found that my estimate of the great hindrance and obstruction inflicted by the rabbit pest upon traffic and travel was far short of the facts.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Part 1 by Mark Twain

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— from The Travels of Fuzz and Buzz by Geraldine Mockler

His own troubles were forgotten, his best instincts aroused, in the desire to save the drowning lad.
— from The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by George Manville Fenn

We were glad to escape, to exchange the dust, the grime, the wan faces, and the burning eyes for the breath of cool wind, the full glow of the sunlight, and the face of nature herself, so many of whose human children have no time to know or learn her ways.
— from Homo-Culture; Or, The Improvement of Offspring Through Wiser Generation by M. L. (Martin Luther) Holbrook

It was the result of careful combinations, vigilant and well-organised, on the watch for opportunity....
— from Disraeli: A Study in Personality and Ideas by Walter Sichel

After a bit they would fall into heavy sleep.
— from The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains by Isla May Mullins

Two warriors fled together.
— from Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I by Various