The original articles of the Watauga Association have been lost, and no copies are extant.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 by Theodore Roosevelt

But lighters are not classed according to their rig,—they may be of any rig, though that of the sloop is most commonly adopted.
— from Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

They both looked at Nanny Corey and then at the portrait.
— from The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells

When this cannot be done, the teachers must so arrange matters, as to have everything ready for every change; that no time may be lost and no confusion arise.
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann

Germans, British, Belgians and French were killed literally by the thousand, the British losses at Neuve Chapelle alone being estimated at 20,000, while the German casualties in forcing the passage of the Ypres canal a few days later exceeded 9,000 men.
— from America's War for Humanity by Thomas Herbert Russell

The Signora had been like a new creature after Krespel's heroic achievement.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

The sheriff was thinking, his hands crossed upon his rotund stomach and his bowed legs as near crossed as they could ever be without an operation.
— from The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs

The crowd of men in the barroom had become larger as new comers arrived.
— from The Motor Boys Across the Plains; or, The Hermit of Lost Lake by Clarence Young