Gradually the term came to cover all the rules for correct demeanor and deportment in court circles; and thus through the centuries it has grown into use to describe the conventions sanctioned for the purpose of smoothing personal contacts and developing tact and good manners in social intercourse.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

Thus we continued day after day, I can't say how many.
— from Under the Andes by Rex Stout

The first railroad that plows its pitiless way through these myriads of sacred hillocks will carry dismay and distress into countless households.
— from The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 by Mark Twain

The answer was as follows:— "To Thomas Collins, Deaf and Dumb Institution, Claremont, Glasnevin, near Dublin.
— from Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb by W. R. (William Robert) Roe

The record being blocked out upon white tape in solid black color, in a series of clean-cut dots and dashes, it can be read at a glance, and as it is indelible, it may be read years afterward.
— from Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity Second Edition by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

Five of the Great Powers [2] of Europe blew their war trumpets, and millions of armed men stood ready to carry death and destruction into countless homes in many lands.
— from The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Edward Parrott

Thomson chose v and t as the quantities to be varied, and supposed them to sustain arbitrary small changes dv and dt in consequence of the passage of heat to the 122 substance from without.
— from Lord Kelvin: An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray

Such a method was adopted with the great Cullinan diamond, as described in Chapter IV.
— from The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin