A writer quoted by White (Historical Collections of Georgia, p. 444) attempts to show its origin from the exploit of a certain Revolutionary amazon, in capturing a party of Tories, but the name occurs in Adair (note, p. 185) as early as 1775.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

The obstinate Canadian refused, and I could clearly see that his tight–lipped mood and his bad temper were growing by the day.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

[196] The fact that in dreams confusion reigns, and illogical connections occur gives plausibility to the theory which Sir Arthur Mitchell and other scientific men hold, that our dream-thinking is uncontrolled and undirected by the will.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

( c ) concitata Romana acie is clearly ablative absolute.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

He did not care, he wished for nothing, and could reason about it coolly, but there was a sort of heaviness in his face especially under his eyes, his forehead felt drawn tight like elastic--and tears were almost starting into his eyes.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Ordinary conversation resembles an inferiour cast.' On Saturday, April 25, I dined with him at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, with the learned Dr. Musgrave, Counsellor Leland of Ireland, son to the historian, Mrs. Cholmondeley, and some more ladies.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Postponing, therefore, for the present, my suicidal design, I just slipped my nether extremities into the sleeves of my coat, and betook myself to a pursuit of the felon with all the nimbleness which the case required and its circumstances would admit.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

This pageant would suddenly dissolve; and at a clapping of hands would be heard the heart-quaking sound of Consul Romanus ; and immediately came “sweeping by,” in gorgeous paludaments, Paulus or Marius, girt round by a company of centurions, with the crimson tunic hoisted on a spear, and followed by the alalagmos of the Roman legions.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

There is a large Trappist monastery two hours from Durban, over the country roads, and in company with Mr. Milligan and Mr. Hunter, general manager of the Natal government railways, who knew the heads of it, we went out to see it.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

The Dutch version and Camerer read, "an internal cause."
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Mussaid and Arabi complained to the Khalifa that Yunes allowed his Emirs to govern the country entirely according to their own ideas, with the result that prices were continually rising; and, in consequence of this report, he was recalled from Dongola.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

These tubes were arranged in single series; and, from the colour of the glow-discharge, were presumed to contain rarefied air in contact with the salts.
— from Auroræ: Their Characters and Spectra by J. Rand Capron

Various railroads are contending for rights of way, and countless rumors are in circulation, any of which means a changed aspect for the County.
— from In Tamal Land by Helen Bingham

You can rest assured I cut off a ration that would have frightened a tramp.
— from Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by G. O. (George O.) Shields

She was like a beautiful, wild creature raging at its captor, too infuriated to be afraid.
— from The Odds And Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

If the outlets on a channel need a general remodelling, such applications as those under consideration receive attention in connection with the scheme.
— from Irrigation Works The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Marcus Dods

the Captain remarked, aloud, in conversational tones.
— from The Killer by Stewart Edward White

The Indian has the same anatomical characteristics as the Caucasian race and is capable of going far along the road of education.
— from Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians by Huron H. (Huron Herbert) Smith

In certain races, as in certain animals, conditions appearing before puberty was completed cannot be considered as settling the position of the animal in evolution.
— from Degeneracy: Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. (Eugene Solomon) Talbot