He had heard many tales of daring robberies and bloody feud encounters in that vicinity, and looked upon every crag and canyon as the possible scene of an outlaw gathering.
— from The River Motor Boat Boys on the Columbia; Or, The Confession of a Photograph by Harry Gordon

The boy started violently and looked up, expecting he knew not what sudden and awful change in the face that bent down over him; but no!
— from Nautilus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

"Ah!" said Bettina, her voice a little uncertain, "Edwards has just come back from Paris, and has brought two microscopic ponies for the children.
— from L'Abbe Constantin — Volume 3 by Ludovic Halévy

That was a good many years ago, and dogs then were of very little value, and little used either to physic or good treatment; but nowadays we have found out that the possession of even a cat, entails upon us the duty and responsibility of seeing she is well cared for while in health, and properly treated in sickness.
— from The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables

Comme vous êtes également propre à vivre avec les uns et les autres, je desirerois pour votre bonheur aussi bien que pour celui de vos amis, que vous pûssiez enfin executer comme moi le projet de chercher une douce retraite sur les bords du lac Leman.
— from Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) by Edward Gibbon

In the catalogue of Chancellor Warham's virtues and laudable usages, Erasmus takes care to mention that the primate was accustomed to entertain his friends, to the number of two hundred at a time: and when the man of letters notices the archbishop's moderation with respect to wines and dishes—a moderation that caused his grace to eschew suppers, and never to sit more than an hour at dinner—he does not omit to observe that though the great man "made it a rule to abstain entirely from supper, yet if his friends were assembled at that meal he would sit down along with them and promote their conviviality."
— from A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Verschiedene Artiklen, Lieder un' Erzaehlungen wegen Jischuw Erez Jisroel.
— from The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Leo Wiener

I recommend that the Federal charters thus to be granted shall be voluntary, at least until experience justifies mandatory provisions.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents