Among those thus removing was the noted chief Tahchee (Tătsĭ) or “Dutch,” who had been one of the earliest emigrants to the Arkansas country.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendours born only of the earth eclipse the stars.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

[234] In the Colloquy , Caeilte tells of a mountain containing a fairy palace which no man save Finn and six companions, Caeilte being one of these, ever entered.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Some thing would break on the cars or blow out on the engine every few miles, necessitating a long stop for repairs.
— from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 4 by John McElroy

Imprinted by Thomas Bassandyne, one of the earliest Edinburgh printers, whose establishment was near the Netherbow.
— from Bothwell; or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

An invention of a highly original kind was made some time in the middle of this century which is attributed by some to Daniel Bernoulli, one of the eight extraordinary investigators and scholars of that family.
— from Invention: The Master-key to Progress by Bradley A. (Bradley Allen) Fiske

But over on the east edge of the town there is more to look at and more of a variety.
— from Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, October 1899 by Various

She had been one of the earliest emigrants, and had stayed for many months with my mother, whom she professed to rank amongst her dearest friends.
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

A mystical belief in the coming of Messiah thenceforward became one of the essential elements of the Jewish spirit.
— from Jewish History : An Essay in the Philosophy of History by Simon Dubnow