All the immediate section, he silently continued, ought to be torn down and rebuilt in solid expensive structures.
— from The Happy End by Joseph Hergesheimer

It is a received opinion among the Indians that the snakes and raccoons are transmigratory, and that a great many of the snakes turn into raccoons every fall, and raccoons into snakes every spring.
— from Captives Among the Indians by Mary White Rowlandson

For the benefit of American readers I shall explain something of the operation of our English Poor Law.
— from My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst

A ruse is something (especially something [284] slight or petty) employed to blind or deceive so as to mask an ulterior design, and enable a person to gain some end that he would not be allowed to approach directly.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Near the close of the year 1843, or in the beginning of the year 1844, I received the ordinance of anointing in a room in Sister Emma Smith's house in Nauvoo, and the same day, in company with my husband, I received my endowment in the upper room over the Prophet Joseph Smith's store.
— from Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession by Joseph Fielding Smith

When more than two are wanted they are ranged in sets; each set consists of four, ranged at the distance of 30 yards apart, and forming a chain of lengths of 30, 60, 90, and 120 yards; but so disposed as not to stand in the way of the archers when shooting at any of the lengths.
— from How to Fence Containing Full Instruction for Fencing and the Use of the Broadsword; Also Instruction in Archery by Aaron A. Warford