It was inevitable that the clash for leadership should come.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The number, of other substitutes and imitations which have been employed are too numerous to warrant their complete description; but it will prove interesting to enumerate a few of the more important ones, such as malt, starch, acorns, soya beans, beet roots, figs, prunes, date stones, ivory nuts, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, peas, and other vegetables, bananas, dried pears, grape seeds, dandelion roots, rinds of citrus fruits, lupine seeds, whey, peanuts, juniper berries, rice, the fruit of the wax palm, cola nuts, chick peas, cassia seeds, and the seeds of any trees and plants indigenous to the country in which the substitute is produced.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Mr. Newton tells that two young men came from La Salle County about the same time and bought a piece of land in Franklin Grove about two miles and a half from where he lived.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

IMG Figure 118 is copied from Lajard, Sur le Culte de Venus , plate xix., fig.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

As the clenched fist likewise somewhat resembles an apple, perhaps that might occasion the term pommelling to be applied to fisty-cuffs.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

nox erat et caelō fulgēbat lūna serēnō inter minōra sīdera , H. Epod.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

In the pine tops a hundred and fifty feet above his head was a faint stir of the breeze that came from Lake Superior.
— from A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness by James Oliver Curwood

Portion of Carved Cornice , Italian, Sixteenth Century 33 Frame of Wood , with female terminal figures, Italian, Sixteenth Century 35 Front of Coffer , Italian, late Fifteenth Century 38 Bridal Chest , Gothic design, middle of Fifteenth Century 39 Front of Oak Chest , French, Fifteenth Century 44 Walnut Sideboard , French, middle of Sixteenth Century 45 Cabinet, French (Lyons ), second half of Sixteenth Century 48 Ebony and Ivory Marquetry Cabinet , French, middle of Sixteenth Century 50 Spanish Cabinet and Stand , carved chestnut, first half of Sixteenth Century 51 Spanish Chest , carved walnut, Sixteenth Century 52 Chapter II.—The English Renaissance.
— from Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors by Arthur Hayden

Again, at the end of Le Petit Poucet , we read that he made a fortune by carrying letters from ladies to their lovers, 'ce fut là son plus large gain.
— from Popular Tales by Charles Perrault

Oral tales and legends of the Chippewas--First assemblage of a legislative council at Michigan--Mineralogy and geology--Disasters of the War of 1812--Character of the new legislature--Laconic note--Narrative of a war party, and the disastrous murders committed at Lake Pepin in July 1824--Speech of a friendly Indian chief from Lake Superior on the subject--Notices of mineralogy and geology in the west--Ohio and Erie Canal--Morals--Lafayette's progress--Hooking minerals--A philosophical work on the Indians--Indian biography by Samuel L. Conant--Want of books on American archaeology--Douglass's proposed work on the expedition of 1820.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

But there was a striking contrast between the tragic despair of the abandoned queen, gazing with arms uplifted and streaming eyes as the little black speck disappeared, and the smiling serenity of the Duchess, as she presided in the drawing-room, maintaining her supremacy over the other ladies, whose dress and whose reading were guided by her taste, or joining in the discussions between Laniboire and the young critic, and in the disputes waged over the candidates for Loisillon’s seat by Desminières and Danjou.
— from The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by Alphonse Daudet

[19] This splendid work, which was published in five volumes, between the years 1802-8, contains 120 exquisite illustrations, all, with the solitary exception, unfortunately, of the Montague Sucker-Fish , accurately drawn and coloured from living specimens, procured at vast trouble by the author.
— from Glimpses of Ocean Life; Or, Rock-Pools and the Lessons they Teach by John Harper

Committee F. L. S. (Signed) "J. W. LAMBERT, "F. C. WOODWARD, "R. E. BLACKWELL, Committee W. L. S. (Signed)
— from History of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia The Oldest Incorporated Methodist College in America by Richard Irby

Limerick and Carrickmacross for lace, Shandon for the bells, Blarney and Donnybrook for the stone and the fair, Kilkenny for the cats, and Balbriggan for the stockings.”
— from Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Handsomely bound in cloth, full library size.
— from The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol Or, Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes