They were not carried out until several years after his departure from Yakutsk,—after he had ceased to be their leader.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen
At this establishment they are taken care of until six years of age, when they are placed, if possible, with responsible parties.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton
'When you have restored the Cross to the schools, monsieur,' he continued, 'when your schoolmasters decide to make Christians and not citizens of their pupils, then, and only then, will you have any claim on us should you ask us to render you a service.'
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola
You literally balanced yourself before my eyes, you literally taunted me with words which were a challenge of unresisting sweetness, you literally drew me, and when I came, you flew into a rage.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
Now we perswade our selves Right Wor pp : that we need not provoke your godly & loving minde to any further or more tender care of us, since you have pleased so farr to interest us in your selfe, that, under God, above all persons and things in the world, we relye upon you, expecting the care of your love, counsell of your wisdome, & the help & countenance of your authority.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford
The result of these deliberations took shape in the latter year when the "Reformatory School Act" [233] was passed, giving magistrates the option of committing offenders under sixteen years of age to reformatories, for a term not exceeding five years, in lieu of sentencing them to imprisonment, penal servitude, or transportation.
— from A History of Police in England by W. L. Melville (William Lauriston Melville) Lee
About 1905 Mr. Garfield began an investigation of the Corporation and the work was carried on until some years after he had 200 resigned his post and become a member of the Roosevelt cabinet.
— from United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul by Arundel Cotter
Anyhow, Bart, me an' you ain't doctors, nor yet coroners or undertakers, so you'd better skip along an' build a fire under the donkey aft.
— from Captain Scraggs; Or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
Pileus thin, soft, convex or subcampanulate, becoming nearly plane, obtuse or umbonate, squamose, whitish or yellowish, the center or umbo smooth, yellowish or brownish, the margin often appendiculate with fragments of the veil.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine
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