prodosian gar einai nenomike tôn stoicheiôn hôn hypetheto tên alêthê peri tôn toioutôn homologian.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

And now I found, to my great comfort, how happy it was that I had provided a tame flock or herd of goats, for I durst not upon any account fire my gun, especially near that side of the island where they usually came, lest I should alarm the savages; and if they had fled from me now, I was sure to have them come again with perhaps two or three hundred canoes with them in a few days, and then I knew what to expect.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Nor would it be difficult in the case of the greater English novelists to show that unwittingly—an Englishman rarely if ever has the same knowledge of his art as a Frenchman—they obeyed the same law.
— from Shelburne Essays, Third Series by Paul Elmer More

She scarcely looked, as yet, at the shining wealth of nut-brown hair, with the golden strand through it, nor at the deep gray eyes, nor the straight line of teeth that gleamed when she laughed.
— from 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

Thus speaking, Andrew gave voice to the first impression of all the men, while the women, with glad eyes, noted the soft beauty of the country, and said to one another that it was a bonnie place, and they were glad they had come to it.
— from Ti-Ti-Pu: A Boy of Red River by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

ge extends northwards to Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; and it has been recorded from Yorkshire and Cumberland; also from Glamorganshire, South Wales.
— from The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series Comprising the Families Noctuidæ to Hepialidæ by Richard South

It is a great effort not to sink.
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

But he was gentleman enough not to spare himself.
— from The Net by Rex Beach

"What's the matter, Mr. Marks?" inquired the girl, evidently noting the surprise which Ezra was unable completely to suppress.
— from On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved by Government Agents by William Nelson Taft

If the Allies would be good enough not to shoot at them, Zeppelins might be very efficient indeed, hovering along the battle-front.
— from Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim

He will be executed at Fisherton gallows, on Tuesday morning, about 11 o'clock, and his body will then be inclosed in a suit of chains, ingeniously made by Mr. Wansborough and conveyed to Chippenham, and affixed to a gibbet erected near the spot where the robbery was committed."
— from Bygone Punishments by William Andrews