Thence he came to America, travelled through the United States, and resided for some time at Brooklyn.
— from France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer

They regard the world not as a scene of probation, not as a passage to a newer and higher life, but as a “convenient feeding-trough” for every low passion and unworthy impulse; as a place where they can build on the foundation of universal scepticism a reputation for superior ability.
— from St. Winifred's; or, The World of School by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

But he could not undertake such a ride for some days, although, when we spoke to him about it, he was eager to set out at once.
— from The Treasure of the Tigris: A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) Mockler-Ferryman

But the Fryday, being the 20th, the Alcaydes could not intend it, and upon Saturday Alcayde Rodwan fell sick; so on Sunday wee made meanes to the King, and that afternoone I was sent for to conferre upon the bargaine with the Alcaydes and others; but did not agree.
— from An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Shabeeny, Abd Salam, active 1820

Upon graduating from the Advanced Flying School, I was discharged from the army, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Flying Service (now Air Corps).
— from Test Pilot by James Collins

They dug themselves in under shell and rifle fire, stood to their arms to repel Turk attacks for most of the night, and at eight next morning began the battle of the 28th of April.
— from Gallipoli by John Masefield

If Mr. Edwin Forrest, the Tragedian, thinks that more effect can be produced by reading Tragedy than can be by reading from Scripture, Mr. Nazro, Instructor of Elocution, from Roundhill School, would deny it fully, and offers to meet him, Mr. Forrest, in any town in the United States, and read from Scripture, and Mr. Forrest shall read from Tragedy.
— from The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

“They must learn from the beginning to labour, run, carry weights, and bear the sun and dust; to use sparing and rustic food, sometimes to live in the open air and sometimes in tents; then to practise the use of arms.”
— from The Story of the British Army by Charles Cooper King

It is a species of satire upon society, (and Russian fashionable society in particular,) embodied in an easy wandering verse something like that of Byron; and so far, perhaps, the comparison between the two poems holds good.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 by Various

"Not so much for myself, but—the children." "Ay, the poor children." Ursula stitched away rapidly for some moments, till the grieved look faded out of her face; then she turned it, all cheerful once more, to her husband.
— from John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik