The barony either gave its name to, or took its name from, a well-known Northumbrian family, of which one of the most prominent members was that Sir John de Coupland who succeeded in capturing David of Scotland at the battle of Neville's Cross—not, however, before he had lost some of his teeth by a blow from the mailed fist of that doughty monarch!
— from Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry

This very point was brought up recently in conversation with an artist, who in referring to one of the most successful costume balls ever given in New York—the crinoline ball at the old Astor House—spoke of how our unromantic Wall Street men fell to the spell of stocks, ruffled shirts and knickerbockers, and as the evening advanced, were quite themselves in the minuette and polka, bowing low in solemn rigidity, leading their lady with high arched arm, grasping her pinched-in waist, and swinging her beruffled, crinolined form in quite the 1860 manner.
— from Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank

But economic geology is not solely confined to mineral resources.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Well-developed suckers are usually preferred, as these come into bearing earliest, but equally good, if not better, returns are obtained by planting gill sprouts.
— from Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson

As is to be expected, Germany is not blessed with trained servants.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

Remains of them have been found in badly explored graves in northern Korea.
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

Cypress showed inferior conditions, except that it was more pronounced and more discoloration of the panels was noticed on this grade of wood, which seems to be extremely greasy in nature and difficult to properly prime, even when the paint used upon this wood contains a large percentage of volatile diluent.
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

Of all the ideas suggested by the mention of Lake Maracaibo, perhaps none are so interesting as those that relate to its native inhabitants, whose peculiar habits and modes of life not only astonished the early navigators, but eventually gave its name to the lake itself and to the extensive province in which it is situated.
— from Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid

But Evan Graham is not ’most any man—­” “Oh, I can take care of myself,” she blurted out in a fling of quick resentment.
— from The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London