Early in the following year the wife of Count Rumford, who had been a great invalid, and who had lived with her son by her first husband and with her daughter, the child of Rumford, died at the age of 52.
— from The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors by Bence Jones

These instructions were to hold good after landing, and in one notable case of religious dissension after the arrival in Maryland, justice was meted out against the Catholic offender in a way that showed (p. 251) a disposition to observe this policy of conciliation toward Protestants at the expense of some unfairness toward Catholics.
— from The Beginners of a Nation A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People by Edward Eggleston

The wrecking-train is sure to have a crane—a big arm of steel, compressed to come within the slim clearances of bridges and of tunnels, but capable of reaching down and tugging at a 100-ton locomotive with almost no effort whatsoever.
— from The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford

Meanwhile King Witichis, in his armed city of Ravenna, displayed all the arts and activity of an experienced general.
— from A Struggle for Rome, v. 2 by Felix Dahn