Jo stands amazed in the disk of light, like a ragged figure in a magic-lantern, trembling to think that he has offended against the law in not having moved on far enough.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

‘Hurry and hop down, O lovely lady, and run to your place, for here he comes!’
— from The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House by Margaret Sidney

Heedless now of blame or praises, 'Neath the sunshine and the daisies Dear, old Leo lies at rest.
— from Poems by John L. (John Lawson) Stoddard

Having been permitted to examine an elaborate and interesting journal kept by Sergeant Brainard, a few notices relating to the closing days and the death of Lieutenant Lockwood are reproduced, as follows: January 12, 1884.
— from Farthest North The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition by Charles Lanman

For many that were before noted for thieves or drunkards or loose livers are reported to have been turned from their swinish living by Paulus, so as to live lives wellnigh worthy of philosophers.
— from Onesimus: Memoirs of a Disciple of St. Paul by Edwin Abbott Abbott

The main intrenchments erected in the defences of Louisburg lay at right angles to the road along which came the Northern advance, and upon the side of the wood nearest to the town.
— from The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough

While this and the succeeding chapter are confined chiefly to White Earth, a description of Leech Lake and Red Lake reservations should not be omitted.
— from The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice by Warren King Moorehead

While Madge dreamed of lovely ladies and romantic knights in the days of chivalry, Phyllis had visions of the glory of self-sacrifice, of patriotism, of doing great deeds for other people.
— from Madge Morton's Secret by Amy D. V. Chalmers

He was desirous of living long, and reigning quietly: he therefore referred the discussion of the candidates’ claims to a junta, who was not to decide the succession till after his demise.
— from The History of the Revolutions of Portugal by abbé de Vertot

Jo stands amazed in the disc of light, like a ragged figure in a magic lantern, trembling to think that he has offended against the law in not having moved on far enough.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852 by Various