If these authors had wrought as voluminously as newspaper editors do, the result would be something to marvel at, indeed.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

.... V ARIANT : Ni el diente, ni las ... ni el ....
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

This island is, as every one knows, of volcanic origin; although its volcanoes are now either dormant or extinct; and its lofty vertical cliffs rise abruptly from the ocean.
— from The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by J. (John) Wilkinson

The latter harbour, as well as a village situated a mile to the southward of it, is called Vathy , a name evidently derived from βαθὺς λιμὴν.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Unsafest of all is any thing or deed that strikes at the home, for from the people's home proceeds citizen virtue, and nowhere else does it live.
— from The Battle with the Slum by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Thirdly, the establishment of permanent, self-governing colonies in Virginia and New England, destined in time to unite with others and become a new and independent nation,—the American Republic.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

He lived in a secluded lodge on the outskirts of the village, and none ever disturbed him in his seclusion without express permission; and a greater number of scalps hung from the poles of his lodge than from those of any other in the tribe.
— from Haw-Ho-Noo; Or, Records of a Tourist by Charles Lanman

This is common on open slopes and hills, but is variable and not easily distinguished from similar species.
— from Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by Margaret Armstrong

They soon were under way once more, passing up the wide valley and now entering deeper and deeper into the arms of the great Rockies themselves.
— from The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Emerson Hough