There was strong ground for believing that some depredations committed about this time on the heads of Catawba and Broad rivers, in North Carolina, were the joint work of Cherokee and northern Indians.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

—This is also mentioned in his Seventh Bulletin (dated the same day), which adds, "But repose is not compatible with the direction of this immense army."
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Eirik's sons plundered much on the Baltic coasts and sometimes, as before related, in Norway; but so long as Hakon ruled over Norway there was in general good peace, and good seasons, and he was the most beloved of kings.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

It was probably easy enough in towered Camelot hundreds of years ago, but romance is not appreciated now.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Then Starkad, trusting in his bodily strength, fought with and overcame a giant at Byzantium, reputed invincible, named Tanne, and drove him to fly an outlaw to unknown quarters of the earth.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

Three cannon, eight Maxims, and five hundred rifles yielded a result which emphasized a fact which had already been established—that the British system of standing out in the open to fight Boers who are behind rocks is not wise, not excusable, and ought to be abandoned for something more efficacious.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Her friend Mary already knew the name of "Miss Compton, of Compton Basett," and no fear of appearing boastful rendered it necessary for her to conceal how strangely the aspect of her worldly affairs was changed.
— from The Widow Barnaby. Vol. 3 (of 3) by Frances Milton Trollope

Thus Mary soothed her friend; but every few days this soothing had to be done over, as long as Burr remained in Newport.
— from The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In the summary paraphrase of Aristotle’s Ethics which was translated into English from the Italian, and published in 1547, the passage to which both Shakespeare and Bacon refer is not rendered literally, but its general drift is given as a warning that moral philosophy is not a fit subject for study by youths who are naturally passionate and headstrong.
— from A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

With the small pincers used by artificial flower-makers, the minutest pieces of leather can be taken up and replaced after being repasted, if necessary.
— from The Decoration of Leather From the French of Georges de Récy by Georges de Récy

But this spiritual knowledge, spoken of in the text, is what God is the author of, and none else: he reveals it, and flesh and blood reveals it not.
— from Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards by Jonathan Edwards

He dismounted and seized it to find, to his infinite wonder and gladness, that it wore a string and bell round its neck.
— from The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel by Zane Grey

He so informed Mr. James Busby, who had been appointed British Resident in New Zealand, and Mr. Busby thereupon took steps to deny any such sovereignty.
— from The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony by Thomas Lindsay Buick

This was proved some time ago when Monsieur Lucien Bull, by the aid of his electric spark system, and special camera, obtained a series of photos showing how a bee regains its normal balance when it is upset.
— from Practical Cinematography and Its Applications by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot