side 2000 miles above the mouth of the latter, it is a beatifull bold runing stream, 40 yards wide at it's entrance; the water is transparent, it being the first of this discription that I have yet seen discharge itself into the Missouri; before it enters a large sand bar through which it discharges itself into the missouri
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

They all live easily together, for none of the magistrates are either insolent or cruel to the people; they affect rather to be called fathers, and, by being really so, they well deserve the name; and the people pay them all the marks of honour the more freely because none are exacted from them.
— from Utopia by More, Thomas, Saint

It need not be said that, exhausted by the numerous encounters I had in love’s battlefield, I fell into a deep and sound sleep, until aroused by being rudely shaked up.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

So long as a ruler was fortunate in war, and brought back rich spoils from the territories of the "infidels," they were well pleased to submit to his sway; but the moment he failed, they shut the gates in his face and shouted, Long live the other!—who might be Boabdil or Ez-Zaghal, or any one else who happened for the moment to possess Granada's changeable affections.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

Falcons are swift; the Eagle's proud and bold; By Ravens sorrow is foretold; The Crow announces miseries to come; All are content if singing or if dumb.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Wood, heart a beautiful bright red; sap wood nearly white; soft, weak, but extremely durable as posts, etc. Makes a good bow.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

The root is long, with many strings thereat, perishing yearly; this has no sharp taste (as another sort has, which is quick and biting) but rather sour like sorrel, or else a little drying, or without taste.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

She cried, clasping her hands together with a frantic air; 'I am betrayed!' 'Betrayed?' replied St. Ursula, who now arrived conducted by some of the Archers, and followed by the Nun her Companion in the procession: 'Not betrayed, but discovered.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Neglect, oppression, and religious interference, sunk one of the greatest monarchies of the world; [16] made Sivaji a hero, and converted the peaceful husbandmen of the Kistna and Godavari into a brave but rapacious soldier.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

'The shape of the face is oval; the features are tolerably regular, the lips being thin and the teeth very white and even: their eyes are black but rather small, and the nose pretty well formed, being neither flat nor very prominent.'
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

She gave no sign of preparing to accompany her grandson, and, after waiting awhile, he asked,— "Will you and Bertha be ready soon?
— from Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie

I drew a blank, but R., successful, was not too keen about going, and I secured a gift of his place, helping him to a decision, if truth must be told, by a little present of two tins, each containing one hundred cigarettes!
— from A Captive at Carlsruhe and Other German Prison Camps by Joseph Lee

By means of this army of Hova troops, and the flint-lock weapon known familiarly as ‘Brown Bess,’ Radama succeeded in subduing all the native chiefs of Madagascar, with only a few exceptions, and thus became the recognised king of an island considerably larger than Great Britain.
— from The Fugitives: The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It may be mentioned that the parts of Aminadab Sleek and Timothy Toodle were acted by Burton respectively six hundred and six hundred and forty times.
— from William E. Burton: Actor, Author, and Manager A Sketch of his Career with Recollections of his Performances by William L. (William Linn) Keese

After Blenheim, by Robert Southey, one of our greatest poets.
— from Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne