Unfortunately we awakened before our unconscious nurse, and immediately rolled out of our cradles, and crawled along the pavement of the verandah.
— from Bill the Minder by W. Heath (William Heath) Robinson

It was also a bond of union, North and South, too strong to be separated by civil strife.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 48, No. 10, October, 1894 by Various

A Bond of Union necessary after the Declaration of Independence.—Articles of Confederation.—The Constitution of the United States.—The Same Principle for obtaining Grants of Power in both.—The Constitution an Instrument enumerating the Powers delegated.—The Power of Amendment merely a Power to amend the Delegated Grants.—A Smaller Power was required for Amendment than for a Grant.—The Power of Amendment is confined to Grants of the Constitution.—Limitations on the Power of Amendment.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

The late Mr. William Dorn, of South Carolina, had faith in a bush of unrecorded name, as declaring that gold veins stood beneath it: that his faith was not baseless is proved by the large fortune he won as a gold miner in the Blue Ridge country—his guide the bush aforesaid.
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

She turned to Rosa, who stood a little apart, rather scared, feeling that something puzzling and dreadful was in the air, but only understanding now and then a word of the English in which all were speaking.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

He had been on the verge of acute alcoholism; another day or two of continued debauchery would have left him a bundle of uncontrollable nerves, and remedying the condition was no one day task.
— from Bruce of the Circle A by Harold Titus

Benny pushed open the door and went in, me at his heels, and both of us nervous as cats.
— from Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne