Hovey's division, and McPherson's two divisions with him, had marched and fought from early dawn, and were not in the best condition to follow the retreating foe.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

And it must be confessed, that, from the great intercourse of trade and commerce between both realms; from the continual reception of exiles, which is mutual among them; and from the custom in each empire, to send their young nobility, and richer gentry, to the other, in order to polish themselves, by seeing the world, and understanding men and manners; there are few persons of distinction, or merchants, or, seamen, who dwell in the maritime parts, but what can hold conversation in both tongues, as I found some weeks after, when I went to pay my respects to the Emperor of Blefuscu, which, in the midst of great misfortunes, through the malice of my enemies, proved a very happy adventure to me, as I shall relate in its proper place.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

But be careful to find out right.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

, on the safety of deep lines of operations and the establishment of eventual bases, as giving all the military means of lessening the danger; to these should be added a just appreciation of distances, obstacles, seasons, and countries,—in short, accuracy in calculation and moderation in success, in order that the enterprise may not be carried too far.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Once inside the walls, the visitor finds himself in a square, on one side of which is an unfinished palace designed by Charles the Fifth.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

It will not be too much to say that the action of the government since the Civil War, and up to this day, has been effectively directed solely to what has been called the first link in the chain which makes sea power.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

I late at the office, and all the newes I hear I put into a letter this night to my Lord Bruncker at Chatham, thus:— “I doubt not of your lordship’s hearing of Sir Thomas Clifford’s succeeding Sir H. Pollard’ in the Comptrollership of the King’s house; but perhaps our ill, but confirmed, tidings from the Barbadoes may not [have reached you]
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

This was the way it happened: Johnnie Green had come to Black Creek to fish for pickerel.
— from The Tale of Timothy Turtle by Arthur Scott Bailey

Then, going a step further, molecules are held together by cohesion to form material objects, chairs, trees, coal, and the like.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

After some lively expressions in the European manner, she says, "that it had been customary to furnish a table for the Governor and his attendants, during their stay at court.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

A party as small as ours may live for months without a red-skin happening to light on us, but if there were many more they would be certain to find us.
— from In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Well, if you meant some new sort of service, you can begin by carrying this for me.
— from A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

By degrees I became conscious that friendly hands were lifting me into the saddle and holding me there while the journey continued.
— from The Red Fox's Son: A Romance of Bharbazonia by Edgar M. (Edgar Meck) Dilley

This is from a book called The Father's Gift, or How to be Wise and Happy .
— from Child Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle

Unheralded by any suspicion on the part of England as to the fate which it bore, came that fatal first of December which was the beginning of the end.
— from Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

It was not until nearly hull-down that they (probably out of bravado) ceased to fire their stern guns.
— from The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Rajah of Sarawak James