While here we had occasion to notice that the Mandans as well as the Minnetarees and Ricaras keep their horses in the same lodges with themselves.
— from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by William Clark

At one time the primitive aristocratic man is the freely-roving, splendid beast of prey, the blond beast; at another: ‘these men are rigorously kept within bounds by morality, veneration, custom, gratitude, still more by reciprocal surveillance, by jealousy inter pares ; and, on the other hand, in their attitude towards each other, inventive in consideration, self-command, delicacy, fidelity, pride, and friendship.’
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

Those who hold that Hugh Miller's views as to the connection between an originally molten state of the planet and the most ancient rocks known to us, have been finally disposed of by Sir Charles Lyell, must, we think, admit that his interpretation of the six days' work can no longer be maintained.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

And Tim muttered, "All right, keep your hair on, Ben!"
— from War and the Weird by Forbes Phillips

It is said that Napoleon obtained at Bayonne such developments of the character of Ferdinand that he saw that it was utterly in vain to attempt to make a respectable king of him; one upon whom he could repose the slightest reliance; and he could no longer think of sacrificing the daughter of Lucien to so worthless a creature.
— from Joseph Bonaparte Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Consoling them, he proceeded to Pátan, the seat of government, and thence marched against Rásti Khán.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

To illustrate: Pupils must have a thorough mastery and ready knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division before we can proceed to teach them measurements or fractions.
— from The Recitation by George Herbert Betts

"Well, Mary dear, what does all this mean?" asked Robert kindly.
— from Around Old Bethany: A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis by R. L. (Robert Lee) Berry