Yet, while it must be admitted that until recently such a task would have been extremely difficult, it may safely be declared that the phenomena manifested through Lurancy Vennum were not a whit more other-worldly than the phenomena produced by the tricksters whom Hodgson himself so skilfully and mercilessly exposed.
— from Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

They have been eight days in my slave jail.
— from Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west by Warren T. Ashton

If the circle is twenty feet in diameter, a degree will occupy the space of two inches, and could be easily divided into minutes, since each minute would cover a space one thirtieth of an inch.
— from Letters on Astronomy in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers by Denison Olmsted

"When my family are the subject of my meditation," he said in a letter to his step-mother, "my bonds enter deep into my soul."
— from The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest, Sir

The taste for sea life had been early developed in my second son.
— from Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843; the Gold Coast of Africa, 1847-48; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; the expedition to China, 1860-61; the Siege of Paris, 1870-71; etc. by Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir

By Emma Duke, Infant Mortality Series, No. 3. Bureau Publication No. 9.
— from The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of Facts by Margaret Sanger