Their being found in that position at New Grange, Uley, Locmariaker, and Beaumont, is, however, sufficient to prove it was not accidental, and their value is so small that they [Pg 340] could not have been buried there for concealment.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson
He determined that he would make a brave fight with death, and not give up, like a coward, without making even an effort to save himself.
— from Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida by Kirk Munroe
“I am not going until late this evening,” was the answer.
— from Three Girls from School by L. T. Meade
No. 4 is a nicely got up little work in octavo, published in numbers, each containing eight pages.
— from The Harmonicon. Part the First by Various
Then said Kjersti: "You are now grown up, Lisbeth Longfrock, and hereafter you will be free to decide things for yourself.
— from Lisbeth Longfrock by Hans Aanrud
This group consists of the Angadi, Nagramadu, Goreda, Utanata, Lakahia, Mimika and Kupera Pukwa dialects, and perhaps also Kiruru.
— from Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea by A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston
And when the wages for our labors are not given us, let us go to the table of the Lord and ask alms from door to door.
— from A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age by Oliver J. (Oliver Joseph) Thatcher
770 Although 'twas ours and their opinion, Each other's Church was but a RIMMON; And yet, for all this gospel-union, And outward shew of Church-communion, They'll ne'er admit us to our shares 775 Of ruling Church or State affairs; Nor give us leave t' absolve, or sentence T' our own conditions of repentance; But shar'd our dividend o' th' Crown, We had so painfully preach'd down; 780 And forc'd us, though against the grain, T' have calls to teach it up again: For 'twas but justice to restore The wrongs we had receiv'd before; And when 'twas held forth in our way, 785 W' had been ungrateful not to pay; Who, for the right w' have done the nation, Have earn'd our temporal salvation; And put our vessels in a way Once more to come again in play.
— from Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars by Samuel Butler
Its stems are stout, solid, and generally leafless; and the leaves are narrow, grooved, usually less than half the length of the stem.
— from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux
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