But not only at Silchester and at other places, once the great centres of the Roman population, do we find Roman remains.
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

When fairly remote results of a definite character are foreseen and enlist persistent effort for their accomplishment, play passes into work.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

A little less facetious, and a great deal more obstreperous, was fine rattling, rattleheaded Plumer.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, And in their summer beauty kiss'd each other.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The currency was only one example; the tariff was another; but the whole fabric required reconstruction as much as in 1789, for the Constitution had become as antiquated as the Confederation.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

“I would far rather rest than fight,” said Sir Dinadan.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

This way and that in many a wild festoon Ran riot, garlanding the gnarled boughs With bunch and berry and flower thro' and thro'.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The priest’s wife, flushing rosy red, caught up the dish she had after all not managed to present at the right moment, though she had so long been preparing for it, and with a low bow offered it to Kutúzov.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Flowers will bloom and scent the air, Large plants will rise from thy strong soil, Your solid men and women fair Reap rich reward for years of toil.
— from Poems by Crocket McElroy

There was every variety of hue, from the fair-haired son of Celt or Teuton of Northern Europe, to the thick-lipped, woolly-haired, ebony-coloured negroes, who had been drawn by the report of Carthaginian wealth from remote regions even beyond the Desert.
— from Lords of the World: A story of the fall of Carthage and Corinth by Alfred John Church

Rev. John W. Flavell , Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Dr. Wurzer's Testimonial.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Of Kings by the festive vanquishers rammed down Her gorge since fell the Chief, she knew their crown; Upon her through long seasons was its grasp, For neither soul’s nor body’s weal; As much bestows the robber wasp, That in the hanging apple makes a meal, And carves a face of abscess where was fruit Ripe ruddy.
— from Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith

In that part of the country wild flowers run riot at the approach of winter, painting the land in broad leagues of colour, white and gold and blue, and the trees of the forest hang in red curtains overhead.
— from The Mormon Prophet by L. (Lily) Dougall

A range of sheaves cut in one piece of wood, for running ropes to lead through.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth