The men were divided into companies of sixteen, each headed by a captain.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

After having been raised by the water-spout, she had fallen on her side, and had sunk in that position, doubtless in consequence of some enormous leak.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

For the transaction of business the court of appeal is divided into chambers, or sections, each consisting of a president and four conseillers , or judges.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

180 And further, the pope directed his legate, in order entirely to root out the pestilent heresy, to excommunicate all, of whatever dignity in church or state, except the emperor, who should neglect to seize Luther and his adherents, and deliver them up to the vengeance of Rome.
— from The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White

These are both carefully changed in accordance with the season, or else in harmony with the ruling idea of the day, when the room is decorated in celebration of some event or guest.
— from The Japanese Spirit by Yoshisaburo Okakura

'Whoe seekes the waie to win Renowne Or flies with wyinges of ye Desarte Whoe seekes to wear the Lawrell crowen Or hath the mind that would espire Tell him his native soyll eschew Tell him go rainge and seke Anewe 'Eche hawtie harte is well contente With euerie chance that shalbe tyde No hap can hinder his entente He steadfast standes though fortune slide The sun quoth he doth shine as well A brod as earst where I did dwell 'In change of streames each fish can live Eche soule content with everie Ayre Eche hawtie hart remaineth still And not be Dround in depe Dispaire
— from Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter H. (Walter Hawken) Tregellas

They talked of this Minister who had just written from Bucharest or Lima, and that Counsellor's wife who found it so dull in Christiania or so expensive in Washington.
— from On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Excepting conviction, therefore, in this country as a ground of exclusion both as respects the candidates and the constituents, and making the above variation in the standard of their respective qualifications as to property, I think that every cause of rejection which is deemed in Canada of sufficient efficacy to invalidate the claims of either party, should be held of equal force in this colony, not only with persons who may have been convicts, but with all such as may wish either to vote for the return of members, or to become members of the legislative body themselves.
— from Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by W. C. (William Charles) Wentworth

It will have its school and its dialect, its canons of skill expatiated upon in elaborate treatises; its honoured exponents; its impassioned amateurs and its munificent patrons; its historiographers and poets.
— from Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea

well, I did not feel as Christian as Huddleston would desire.” “Bert, have you ever thought what we would do if we became rich—how we would send flowers to people who were not well off, and let them use our carriage, and send overworked teachers and clerks for holidays, and... “Help lame dogs in cotton over stiles, eh wifie?
— from Afterwards, and Other Stories by Ian Maclaren