Such certainly was the case of these men, of whom I could not so much as see room to suppose any were saved; nothing could make it rational so much as to wish or expect that they did not all perish there, except the possibility only of their being taken up by another ship in company; and this was but mere possibility indeed, for I saw not the least sign or appearance of any such thing.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

I presently called for the Paper to see how you looked in Print; and after we had regaled our selves a while upon the pleasant Image of our Proselite, Mr. President told me I should be his Stranger at the next Night's Club: Where we were no sooner come, and Pipes brought, but Mr. President began an Harangue upon your Introduction to my Epistle; setting forth with no less Volubility of Speech than Strength of Reason, "That a Speculation of this Nature was what had been long and much wanted; and that he doubted not but it would be of inestimable Value to the Publick, in reconciling even of Bodies and Souls; in composing and quieting the Minds of Men under all corporal Redundancies, Deficiencies, and Irregularities whatsoever; and making every one sit down content in his own Carcase, though it were not perhaps so mathematically put together as he could wish."
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

She thrust her head through the bars, and succeeded in casting a glance at the corner where the gaze of the unhappy woman was immovably riveted.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

It is universally admitted, that in most cases the area inhabited by a species is continuous; and when a plant or animal inhabits two points so distant from each other, or with an interval of such a nature, that the space could not be easily passed over by migration, the fact is given as something remarkable and exceptional.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

In the national capital it had power to prevent inspection of its product, and to falsify government reports; it violated the rebate laws, and when an investigation was threatened it burned its books and sent its criminal agents out of the country.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Mrs. Clinton too, who attended her in her last illness, must accompany you to town.-But, without any other certificate of your birth, that which you carry in your countenance, as it could not be affected by artifice, so it cannot admit of a doubt.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

To stand beside a grave, and see The red small atoms wherewith we Are built, and smile in calm, and say ­ "These little moles and graves shall be Clothed on with immortality More glorious than the noon of day ­ All that is pass'd into the flowers And into beasts and other men, And all the Norland whirlwind showers From open vaults, and all the sea O'er washes with sharp salts, again Shall fleet together all, and be Indued with immortality."
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

But as she is called “anus,” **P3 inhales her coffee “an Old Woman,” in the last line, it is most probable that the man is meant.
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

“She is far better as she is,” concluded Adèle, after musing some time: “besides, she would get tired of living with only you in the moon.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Besides, I dwell not in this study, Non hic sulcos ducimus, non hoc pulvere desudamus , I am but a smatterer, I confess, a stranger, [149] here and there I pull a flower; I do easily grant, if a rigid censurer should criticise on this which I have writ, he should not find three sole faults, as Scaliger in Terence, but three hundred.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He was, in one sense, a thoroughly satisfactory apparition, being suitably clad in full trappings of war, buckskin and turkey feathers, bear’s teeth and paint; he was none of those miserable half-breed travesties of Indians who sometimes still sneaked round to the tavern kitchen, clad in vile clothes of [Pg 413] civilization, so greasy and worn and dirty that a blanket would have been as stately in comparison as a Roman toga; Indians devoid of bravery, dignity, and even of cunning, whose laziness, high cheek-bones, and hair coarse as a horse’s tail, and their unvarying love of rum, were the only proofs of Indian blood; whose skin, even, had turned from copper tawny to dingy yellow.
— from Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle

* * * As usual with warblers, these little birds are skillful insect catchers, and eat house flies, mosquitoes, ants, crickets, beetles and many other varieties of the smaller insects.
— from Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, Part One and Part Two by Arthur Cleveland Bent

They were nearly of a height and a breadth, and similar in complexion and general expression; and immediately after arriving they had appeared for the ride down the Bright Angel in riding suits that were identical in color, cut and effect—long-tailed, tight-buttoned coats; derby hats; stock collars; shiny top boots; cute little crops, and form-fitting riding trousers with those Bartlett pear extensions midships and aft—and the prevalent color was a soft, melting, misty gray, like a cow's breath on a frosty morning.
— from Roughing it De Luxe by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

The Victoria, a steam sloop, was sent up to the mouth of the Albert River in the Gulf of Carpentaria, having on board William Landsborough, with George Bourne as second in command, and a small and efficient party; another Queensland expedition, under Fred Walker, left the furthest station in the Rockhampton district; and from South Australia John McKinlay started to traverse the continent on much the same line of route as that taken by the unhappy men.
— from The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Ernest Favenc

Abernethy, who seems to have been always seeking information, certainly attended some of Marshall's lectures; because he would occasionally refer to anecdotes he had heard there.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

His party had arrived at Borwezi, a spot in Central Africa, the last civilised touching-place before they plunged into the savage unknown.
— from Poppy: The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley

Howbeit, as the beer well sodden in the brewing, and stale, is clear and well coloured as muscadel or malvesey, [141] or rather yellow as the gold noble, as our pot-knights call it, so our ale, which is not at all or very little [Pg 103] sodden, and without hops, is more thick, fulsome, and of no such continuance, which are three notable things to be considered in that liquor.
— from Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison

“Many great and good men, sufficiently qualified for any task they may undertake, may ever be found, whose ambition would aspire to nothing beyond a seat in Congress, a gubernatorial or Presidential chair; but such belong not to the family of the lion, or the tribe of the eagle.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

If they don't give it you, then bring a suit in court against them!
— from Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky

A "crown agent," whose name is given as Gorman, was introduced by "a stranger" in court, and volunteered testimony in his favour.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee