Those people fed on grapes untill they turned, & the woman has a bunch of grapes yet in her hand on the river near the place those are Said to be Situated, we obsd.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

But, oh Govinda, you did not recognise the sleeping man.
— from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Then her father nodding said, 'Ay, ay, the diamond: wit ye well, my child, Right fain were I to learn this knight were whole, Being our greatest: yea, and you must give it—
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Though I have strong reliance on the mercies and bounty of God, yet, regarding my actions, fear will not quit me; but when I am gone, reflection will not remain.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Well, you can imagine any mad botany or geology you please.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“I’ll warrant it’s the graidelest one as ever was in this world.” “Does tha’ think,” said Colin with dreamy carefulness, “as happen it was made loike this ’ere all o’ purpose for me?” “My word!” cried Mary admiringly, “that there is a bit o’ good Yorkshire.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And it's going to be one great year!
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

The coffee-berries are to be bought at any Druggist, about three shillings the pound; take what quantity you please, and over a charcoal fire, in an old pudding-pan or frying-pan, keep them always stirring until they be quite black, and when you crack one with your teeth that it is black within as it is without; yet if you exceed, then do you waste the Oyl, which only makes the drink; and if less, then will it not deliver its Oyl, which must make the drink; and if you should continue fire till it be white, it will then make no coffee, but only give you its salt.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

2. Explain (as if to a boy or girl younger than you, who asks, "What is it for?") the purpose and value of the following:— A debating society; a literary club; a nature study club; a "Do as you would be done by" association; amateur theatricals; athletic contests; an aquarium; zoological gardens; city parks; public libraries; foreign travel; picture galleries.
— from Elementary Composition by George R. (George Rice) Carpenter

'Twill but only give you a light to conceive of my misery.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13 by Robert Dodsley

And now, I say unto you, refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God."
— from A Series of Letters, in Defence of Divine Revelation In Reply to Rev. Abner Kneeland's Serious Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Same. To Which is Added, a Religious Correspondence, Between the Rev. Hosea Ballou, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph Buckminster and Rev. Joseph Walton, Pastors of Congregational Churches in Portsmouth, N. H. by Hosea Ballou

Allowing the divine origin of the Book of Genesis, you must admit that it was not intended to teach the Jews systems of philosophy, but the laws of life and morals; and a great man and an exalted Christian raised his voice two centuries ago against this mode of applying and of often wresting the sense of the Scriptures to make them conformable to human fancies; ‘from which,’ says Lord Bacon, ‘arise not only false and fantastical philosophies, but likewise heretical religions.’ If the Scriptures are to be literally interpreted and systems of science found in them, Gallileo Gallilei merited his persecution, and we ought still to believe that the sun turns round the earth.”
— from Consolations in Travel; or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Davy, Humphry, Sir

She welcomed the four warmly, but as she was constantly in demand by other gay young friends, they had no chance for connected conversation with her.
— from Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells

To the Bailiffs of Great Yarmouth and The Collectors of Customs there.
— from Extracts Relating to Mediaeval Markets and Fairs in England by Helen Douglas-Irvine

"Playful bunch of goons you've got around here," Blake said mirthlessly.
— from One-Way Ticket to Nowhere by Leroy Yerxa

"We can hear the boom of guns yet, even at this distance, and we left the battle line flowing back and forth like the waves of the ocean.
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

There were red balloons, and blue ones; green, yellow, purple, white and pink ones.
— from Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope