They were bound to each other by all the ties of which human nature is susceptible, and thus rendered compact and united, so that everything national, whether [ Pg 42] in sentiment or practice, would be received and cherished with unanimous, and fervent, and lasting attachment: and, furthermore, by a long and rigorous bondage, they had been rendered, for the time being at least, humble and dependent.
— from Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation: A Book for the Times by James B. (James Barr) Walker

On February 22d, the day when Rolf and Quonab struck the Oswegatchie, the British colonel directed his men as usual, swinging them ever nearer the American fort, and then, at the nearest point, executed a very pretty charge.
— from Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton

The vicar was much beloved by all his parishioners, beloved and respected by high and low, but still his congregation was sparse and uncertain, so that every new member was quickly noticed and welcomed by him—more especially any stray sheep from the dissenting fold possessed for him all the interest of the sheep in the parable, for whose sake the ninety and nine were left in the wilderness.
— from Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead by Allen Raine