In the first place they break up the power of political organisations; and in the second place they themselves become alert and educated citizens, responsible and intelligent guiders of their own destinies.
— from The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis by Darrell Figgis

Nov. 22 was spent in organizing the captured ground, in carrying out certain reliefs, and in giving other troops the rest they greatly needed.
— from Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

I will in confidence remark as I got off easy, 'n' you can look at me 'n' figger on what them as got it hard has got on them.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs by Anne Warner

The windows in the rear were draped with light yellow curtains, reflecting an illusory glow of sunshine.
— from Margaret Sanger: an autobiography. by Margaret Sanger

Let us try to give our readers a glimpse of the club room and its guests on this memorable evening.
— from Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume I by M. Y. Halidom

A modest, merry-hearted man on the other side—he is now one of Lee's one-armed heroes—responded: 'The gentleman called my arguments cobwebs, and it may be that they are; but to-day is not the first time that I have seen a fly caught in a spider's web, and vainly struggling to get loose.' Colonel R., an intelligent gentleman of the community, said to me more than once, when he had been listening to a spirited debate, 'It is not inferior to the best debates I have heard in the Legislature of Virginia.'
— from History of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia The Oldest Incorporated Methodist College in America by Richard Irby

We have such cases in many areas where civil rights agitation is going on.
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

"Cousin Redfield and I got off a little ways to watch it.
— from Hollow Tree Nights and Days by Albert Bigelow Paine