In 1808 the Polish light cavalry, led by Kozietulski, won glory by the capture of Somosierra, a defile leading to Madrid (p. 286 ).
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

May, 1803 Maj., 4 June, 1813 6 Robert Vernor, W. 23 Nov. 1804 Maj., 4 June, 1814 Thomas Reignolds , K. 25 Dec. 1804 Maj., 4 June, 1814 7 Charles Levyns Barnard, K. 2 Feb. 1815 8 Thomas Charles Fenton 6 Feb. 1815 9 Edward Payne 5 Apr. 1815 LIEUTENANTS.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

i. p. 263, as meaning a deer in the Camphor Language ( bhasa kapor or pantang kapor ) of Johor, and this word was afterwards confirmed by Mr. D. F. A. Hervey.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Turn to right and cross railroad, continuing to fountain, turn to left onto South Main Street to car track, and follow car track to Hebronville, cross Lebanon Bridge, keep straight road viâ Central Avenue, following car tracks to Six Corners, there take left fork with car tracks and Cottage Street to junction of car tracks.
— from Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 by Various

Court Leys, Blackstable, Kent, May 30.
— from Mrs. Craddock by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Captain La Barge kindly gave me permission to put my mules with them and to help drive the animals from Sioux City to that place.
— from Then and Now; or, Thirty-Six Years in the Rockies Personal Reminiscences of Some of the First Pioneers of the State of Montana by Robert Vaughn

He didn't think that the kitten cared; but now when he turned the thing over in his mind, he didn't suppose cats liked being kicked about any more than he would like it himself, and he would promise to be kind to them in future.
— from Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography by Marshall Saunders

9 This text is recorded by Mr. Durga Prasād Pānde as follows: [ Contents ] “Bhāji chhurai bhānta chhurdi Gondli karat chhonka Lai bhāji ke chhurawate Gaon la marai chauka.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

MENISPERMACEAE (MOONSEED FAMILY) Canada Moonseed ( Menispermum canadense L.), “bîmaˈ kwît waˈ bîgons” [twisted pod or stick].
— from Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians by Huron H. (Huron Herbert) Smith

It has only comparatively lately become known that these are the work of a Venetian painter of the early sixteenth century, Antonio Ronzen, who stayed at Saint-Maximin two years and a half to execute them, together with the reredos itself.
— from A Spring Walk in Provence by Archibald Marshall