They further requested, that he would remain, and inhabit their country, and not return among the English; that is, go eastward.”
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

We can assign no reason for it, nor explain why this among so many thousand moments like it should be specially remembered.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

The reinforcements would not have reached ten thousand men after deducting casualties and necessary river guards at all high points close to the river for over three hundred miles.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

These last few days since that act was consummated, nothing is happening so far as the public knows, and according to friends the government can go on indefinitely here with no cabinet and no responsibility to react to the public demands.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

Among the congregation arose a deep murmur, and a tall thin chamberlain, a near relative of the deceased, whispered in the ear of an Englishman who was standing near him, that the young officer was a natural son of the Countess, to which the Englishman coldly replied: “Oh!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

All the counters are now removed except one, which is left in the central hole.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

When she saw that Miranda's pale eyes bore unmistakable testimony of her having cried all night, Rilla asked her to come up to her room, knowing Miranda had a tale of woe to tell, but she ordered Sir Wilfrid to remain below.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

they have high noses and maney of them on the acqueline order with chearfull and agreeable countinances; their complexions are not remarkable.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

One thing will be easily granted by the reader; that an opinion from Mr. Edward Atkinson, upon any vast national commercial matter, comes as near ranking as authority, as can the opinion of any individual in the Union.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

And further, Captain Aull not reaching General Brinton during the day, in the evening he sent Major Baugh, a member of his staff, to the Adjutant General's head-quarters, at the Monongahela House, for orders.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

These chats are now re-issued, with a sympathetic preface and instructive annotations.
— from Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work by Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) Stratton

I will clasp a necklace round her throat, A necklace fit for a king!
— from Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Nora K. (Nora Kershaw) Chadwick

Currants are now ripe, and we are in the full enjoyment of cherries, which turn out much more delectable than I anticipated.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

One has to invent such good ones to show that art is quite a match for chance; and nobody reads a book twice, my friend, except for the details.”
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Septaria were abundant in the clay, many of which contained drift-wood, bored by the Teredo , one contained a Nautilus regalis as a nucleus, and several exhibited the usual crystallizations of calcite, heavy spar, and iron pyrites.
— from All about Battersea by Henry S. Simmonds

Of the amount in the vaults $277,319,944 were represented by outstanding silver certificates, leaving $6,219,577 not in circulation and not represented by certificates.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Besides these there are a variety of churches and other public buildings: one of the most prominent the College of Physicians, a very heavy combination, and not rendered the more pleasant by, we will hope, the inappropriate neighbourhood of a burial ground.
— from Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) by W. (William) Faux

First black WAVE officers, members of the final graduating class at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR), Northhampton, Massachusetts.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Polygamy would be called a natural right now in some parts of the world; to the criminal and the diseased one wife will presently be forbidden in many places.
— from Members of the Family by Owen Wister