He accompanied Arnold in the disastrous march through the wilderness against Quebec, and was captured in the assault upon the citadel and held until exchanged the next year.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

The resolved juryman is so much the less to be converted, as he usually either pays no more attention to the subsequent testimony, or hears it in such prejudiced fashion that he sees everything in his own way.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

His brutal fury had expended itself in that effort, like the froth of a bottle of champagne, and his unwonted energy ended in a gasping for breath.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

[3] Cressy has: "He is Peace; and His Might, His Wisdom, His Charity, and His Unity," etc.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

In such tales, heroes and their warrior companions are held under enchantment, awaiting the mystic hour to strike for them to issue forth and free their native land from the rule of the Saxon.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

However, convinced by her husband that it would be for his best interests to go, she reluctantly gave her consent and he used every legitimate effort to secure the appointment.
— from Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Samuel Finley Breese Morse

It was suppressed by acts of cruelty and horror unparalleled even in the Balkans.
— from The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 Third Edition by Jacob Gould Schurman

It has grasped the possibilities in these vast and varied scenic charms, and has used exceedingly good judgment in rendering them accessible to the travelling public.
— from The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman

"Den dey didn't 'low 'em for to go nowhurs much, eben when de plantation j'ined one ernudder did, dey'd ketch 'em over dere and fetch 'em back and dey'd git whooped ag'in, and dat's 'zackly how come a heap uv 'em run'd away.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

"Will you come and help us entertain Jerry's uptown friends on Wednesday?
— from Cinderella Jane by Marjorie Benton Cooke

Bill, a discreet courtier, was a favourite at court, and held, under Elizabeth’s favour, the provostship of Eton and the deanery of Westminster together with the mastership of Trinity; it was probably due to his influence that Elizabeth in 1560 issued a commission to procure materials and labour for completing the chapel which had been begun on her sister’s initiative.
— from Cambridge Papers by W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse) Ball

The room shone brilliantly, yet just under the great canopy, over the dais; there were shadows, and they seemed to me, as I stepped under the red velvet, a relief, a sort of hiding-place from innumerable candles and hot unnatural eyes.
— from The Seats of the Mighty, Complete by Gilbert Parker

By their patience, zeal, and love; By the promise of the Mighty, Bending from His throne above; By the last command so precious, Issued by the risen God; Christians! Christians! come and help us, Ere we lie beneath the sod!"
— from Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons by Arabella M. Willson