in short it is not common to find two bear here of this speceis precisely of the same colour, and if we were to attempt to distinguish them by their collours and to denominate each colour a distinct speceis we should soon find at least twenty.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
in short it is not common to find two bear here of this Species presisely of the same colour, and if we were to attempt to distinguish them by their colours and to denomonate each colour a distinct Species we Should Soon find at least twenty.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
And up to a certain limit this is true, but there is always the question of what the limit is, inasmuch as many individuals pass through different emotional conditions at different stages.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
Don César de Bazan , drame en cinq actes, de Dumanoir et d'Ennery (1844).
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
But though it was not far past the middle of September, the heavy clouds and strong north-easterly wind combined to render the day extremely cold and dreary; and the journey seemed a very long one, for, as Smith observed, the roads were ‘very heavy’; and certainly, his horse was very heavy too: it crawled up the hills, and crept down them, and only condescended to shake its sides in a trot where the road was at a dead level or a very gentle slope, which was rarely the case in those rugged regions; so that it was nearly one o’clock before we reached the place of our destination.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
First of all, therefore, that we have the eagle common experience doth evidently confirm, and divers of our rocks whereon they breed, if speech did serve, could well declare the same.
— from Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison
This mode of describing the Church of Christ defines it by that element which separates it from all other forms of human association—its special relation to the divine; and it is shown to be visible at the place where that divine element can and does manifest itself.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay
( Ecclesiastical Directory , Established Church and Diocese of Dublin), there are at least five grave mistakes, and four in the following page.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
New York Telephone Co. TERMINAL ROOM APPARATUS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLATION Installed by Dean Electric Company at Detroit, Mich. CABLE TURNING SECTIONS, BETWEEN A AND B BOARDS Cortlandt Office, New York Telephone Co. CABLE RUN FROM INTERMEDIATE FRAME TO MULTIPLE Cortlandt Office,
— from Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by American School of Correspondence
she said; and, running into the house, she brought out a handkerchief-case of linen, daintily embroidered, containing a dozen fine hemstitched handkerchiefs.
— from Hildegarde's Home by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
One disgruntled early colonial annalist described the place as "Philip's Sty at Mount Hope."
— from America, Volume 5 (of 6) by Joel Cook
De troops was de Eighth Cavalry and de Tenth Infantry.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration
But with the relaxation of active persecution, came an imminent danger which showed itself throughout the dreary eighteenth century, and during the first half of the nineteenth.
— from The Priestly Vocation A Series of Fourteen Conferences Addressed to the Secular Clergy by Bernard Ward
"Where is he?" Into the dark eyes came a deeper look; they suddenly shone with the spirituality of a life only three years removed from the infinite.
— from The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
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