The inhabitants of all the smaller towns were indeed called behind the walls of the city, and ordered to defend it to their utmost ability; but jealousy and dissension rendered all their bravery useless.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

I wish we could lie down and just forget everything, and let it all be just a dream that is done and can’t come back to trouble us any more.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

Pretty soon we struck the forward end of the skylight, and clumb on to it; and the next step fetched us in front of the captain’s door, which was open, and by Jimminy, away down through the texas-hall we see a light!
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

114 Avesta 10 Awaiting coming of Holy Breath 181 B Baal, Assyrian Idol 43 Babylon, Jesus and Ashbina in 43 Babylon, its wicked kings 43 Balm of life, the air we breathe 41 Baptism instituted 15 Baptism of Jesus by the Harbinger 64 Baptism of many people by the Harbinger 64 Baptism adopted by Jesus as disciples’ pledge 78 Baptism by Jesus of six disciples 78 Baptized, John the Harbinger 15 Barachia, Rabi, teacher of Jesus 17 Barato Arabo, friend of Jesus 32 Bartimeus, healed by Jesus 150 Barren fig tree withered 152 Barabbas appointed scapegoat 168 Bar-Simon’s feast 159 Beatitudes, formulated by Jesus 95 Belus, monument of folly 43 Benediction of Jesus on his kindred 69 Benediction of Jesus on all 180 Benediction of Jesus on the seventy 140 Benediction of Jesus on Ladak 36 Benediction of Elihu and Salome 47 Best servant, the best ruler 146 Bethlehem, Jesus born in 3 Bethlehem, Jesus in 76 Bethany, Jesus in 77 Bethany, home of Lazarus 77 Bethany, Jesus at Lazarus’ house 137 Bethany, Christines returned to 148 Bethesda, Jesus surrounded by the sick 91
— from The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ The Philosophic and Practical Basis of the Religion of the Aquarian Age of the World and of The Church Universal by Levi

By Francis Wayland , D.D. With Notes and Analysis by Joseph Angus , D.D. 12mo.
— from Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti by Samuel Marsden

He had already taken leave of queen Fatima, who most graciously returned him part of his apparel, and early on the 20th, he departed from the camp of Bubaker, accompanied by Johnson and Demba, and a number of moorish horsemen.
— from Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton ... with a prefatory analysis of the previous travels of Park, Denham, Clapperton, Adams, Lyon, Ritchie, &c. into the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa by Robert Huish

It's always blackest just afore day.
— from The Exhibition Drama Comprising Drama, Comedy, and Farce, Together with Dramatic and Musical Entertainments by George M. (George Melville) Baker

The flowers are small, shortly-stalked, with a free, deciduous calyx of five lobes; five [66] spreading petals; from fifteen to twenty stamens; and an ovary which ripens to an almost black, juicy, acrid drupe, about half an inch in diameter, containing a hard stone, and covered with a bluish bloom.
— from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux

“I suppose little boys like Tommy would only have suit cases?” inquired Bob. “Robert, that is a bum joke,” answered Dan severely.
— from Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway by Ralph Henry Barbour

SCENE EIGHTH Rousseau, Madame Rousseau, Madame du Brocard (attended by Justine) and Dupre. Mme.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Laura let herself be carried off without having any interview with Joseph, who began to think "it was a bad job," and did not know how his supposed faithless lady wept during the railway journey.
— from Fated to Be Free: A Novel by Jean Ingelow

[Pg 388] attacked by Jesus, and defended by Satan and Lucifer with guns, "brasene gonnes," a then recent invention, which appeared particularly diabolical.
— from A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand