All that we see or know, he says, perishes, and although life and thought differ from everything else, still this distinction does not afford [Pg 102] us any proof that it survives that period beyond which we have no experience of its existence.
— from The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald

This occurred in the fortieth year after the departure from Egypt, Eusebius says, that in his time her sepulchre was still to be seen at Kadesh.
— from Female Scripture Biography, Volume I by F. A. (Francis Augustus) Cox

In the meantime it need hardly be said that investment at home has become for the time being a matter of patriotic duty for every Englishman, since the financing of the war has the first and last claim on his savings.
— from International Finance by Hartley Withers

Marble had entertained a strong dislike for England, ever since the Revolution.
— from Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper

"We light our fires differently from everybody else," says the foreman.
— from Firemen and Their Exploits With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames. by F. M. (Frederic Morell) Holmes