They include that part of the chain which divides Dauphiny from Piedmont, and are crossed by the pass of the Mont Cenis.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

In conjunction with Dr. Dunlop and Dr. Rees, it was the intention of Mr. Fothergill to establish at York a Museum of Natural and Civil History, with a Botanical and Zoological Garden attached; and a grant of land on the Government Reserve between the Garrison and Farr's Brewery was actually secured as a site for the buildings and grounds of the proposed institution.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Now I compare B with C, C with D, D with E, etc., and each member of the series is progressively bigger than its predecessor.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

The cannonade was dying down, but the rattle of musketry behind and on the right sounded oftener and nearer.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I was a few weeks weeding grass, and gathering stones in a plantation; and at last all my companions were distributed different ways, and only myself was left.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The scaffold used at Newgate for hanging of criminals; which dropping down, leaves them s
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Hunger pressed them, and their ignorance of what Camillus was doing disheartened them; for no one could reach them with news, because the city was strictly watched by Gauls.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

The first officers were William Singleton, Carle Matthews, James Flood, Richard Harrison, Mack McKenzie, Cornelius W. Davis, David Simpson, Armstead Taylor, and Leonard Peyton.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

He knew nothing of Mrs. Proudie's persecution, except what he gathered from the fact of the clerical commission of which he had been informed; but he could imagine that Mrs. Proudie would not lie easy on her bed while a clergyman was doing duty almost under her nose, who was guilty of the double offence of being accused of a theft, and of having been put into his living by the dean.
— from The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

"Then what can we do?" demanded Jack.
— from Boy Scouts on Motorcycles; Or, With the Flying Squadron by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

When we say Creation we definitely deny Evolution."
— from The Other Side of Evolution: Its Effects and Fallacy by Alexander Patterson

We went through an extensive wood of pine-trees, and smaller growths of timber were frequent; as also scattered clumps, and single trees, yet the country was distinctly different from an English landscape.
— from In the Russian Ranks: A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse

[37] has reported a case in which absence of both olfactory nerves coincided with defective development of the sexual organs.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis

—In the practical occupation of their lives, Jews and Christians were distinctly divided by legislation, and through religious sentiment they were drifting further and further apart.
— from Outlines of Jewish History from B.C. 586 to C.E. 1885 by Magnus, Katie, Lady

Here we were detained three days, unable to procure [19] sufficient oxen for the baggage waggons, as in consequence of a long drought and scarcity of pasture the cattle had died off in hundreds, those that survived being in such a miserable plight that two could with difficulty do the work of one in ordinary condition.
— from Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52 by William Ross King

What can we do?" "Do?"
— from The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones