Those, therefore, in the Church of Christ who savour anything morbid and depraved, and, on being corrected that they may savour what is wholesome and right, contumaciously resist, and will not amend their pestiferous and deadly dogmas, but persist in defending them, become heretics, and, going without, are to be reckoned as enemies who serve for her discipline.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

As Dark and Old Beard came in, [Pg 133] and she recognized Dark, she ran across the room to meet them, joy transforming her face.
— from Rebels of the Red Planet by Charles L. Fontenay

It is doubtful when the custom originated, but since the liberty of fishing was granted for a definite area or bank, called the Zowe or Sowe, off
— from The Sovereignty of the Sea An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters by Thomas Wemyss Fulton

There was not a dry article of bed clothing left.
— from Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days; Or, The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son by Howard Roger Garis

Acupressure , checking hemorrhage in arteries during an operation by compressing their orifices with a needle.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

This anomalous work, of which there are three ancient editions, had the odd fate of all three being sent forth without a title and without a date; and our bibliographers cannot with any certainty ascertain the order or precedence of these editions.
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

The Clerks upon several Occasions performing too great a Share of divine Services, expose the Church to Shame and Danger, and often bring Contempt and Disdain upon the Persons and Function of the Ministers.
— from The Present State of Virginia by Hugh Jones

The number of sponges should never be altered during an operation by cutting one in two.
— from A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles B. (Charles Bingham) Penrose

He had previously served as District Attorney of Broome county from June 11, 1818, to February 22, 1822, and had served his district in the Twenty-second Congress.
— from A Century in the Comptroller's Office, State of New York, 1797 to 1897 by James A. (James Arthur) Roberts

Our Ships having little Wind, were yet at a distance; and our Boat came aboard after noon, with two dead and three wounded Men.
— from A Cruising Voyage Around the World by Woodes Rogers