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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Pogram , a Dissenter, a fanatic, formalist, or humbug.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

We usually visited these nets twice a day, and found from one to six green turtles entangled in the meshes.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Be meek, devout, and friendly, full of love, Intent to do good to the human race And to all creatures sentient made of God; And oh, be humble, for on modest worth Descends prosperity, even as water flows Down to low grounds."
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

When an Indian loses one of his children, he must keep a strict fast for three days, abstaining from food of any kind.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

Poverty and obscurity are not insurmountable obstacles, but they often act as a stimulus to the naturally indolent, and develop a firmer fiber of mind, a stronger muscle and stamina of body.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

POGRAM, a dissenter, a fanatic, formalist, or humbug.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

'Come hither, hither, my staunch yeoman, Why dost thou look so pale? Or dost thou dread a French foeman, Or shiver at the gale?'— 'Deem'st thou I tremble for my life?
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

In striking contrast with this wild and barren region was the view presented by the west and south, where for many miles stretched a smiling champaign, exuberantly wooded, and varied with a thousand hues, till it was terminated at length by the successive tiers of the Atlas, and the dim and fantastic forms of the Numidian mountains.
— from Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman

Then crestfallen leaves dangling as from fishhooks or the autumn moon's skeletal lightness tossing a path between waves over this sidewalk, that, with the back streets passing occasional hisses at the main culprit, night.
— from Mascara-Viscera by Paul Cameron Brown

"Went through the hair on top of his head, I think, but missed his skull by something like an inch, probably," said the hunter, quickly gliding down a few feet over the edge of the shelf, where he lay so as to put a rock between him and the mouth of the cave.
— from Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life by Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce) Thompson

Fern loved pretty things, but she seemed quite satisfied to look at them through plate glass; a new dress, a few flowers, or a new book were events in her life.
— from Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

The owner had just refused sixty dollars apiece for fourteen of them.
— from Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2) by Harriet Martineau

They were, indeed, rather foiled than defeated, and Francis, full of admiration for the Swiss, forbade his troops to pursue.
— from The Story of Switzerland by Lina Hug

They were very numerous, as many as from fifty to a hundred being near the ship at the same time, keeping close company, and often swooping over the deck a few feet over our heads; but, although seemingly fearless, they never were induced to take a piece of meat from a man’s hand, though the temptation was often renewed.
— from Notes of a naturalist in South America by John Ball

Those suckers which are considered fit for cutting, are usually about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and five feet or more long.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds