The extract which follows is from the Missionary Chronicle, and was published in the name of the Directors of the London Missionary Society.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

In a letter to the Directors of the London Missionary Society, Mr Elliot writes thus: Numerous false reports have been sent forth against Mr. Smith, but assure yourself and all the directors, that whatever reports you may hear, the only crime the missionaries have committed is their zeal for the conversion of the negroes.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

The Directors of the London Missionary Society, after stating some circumstances relative to his trial, says.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Mr Quilp as he read the letter, plainly showing by her looks that while she entertained some fear and distrust of the little man, she was much inclined to laugh at his uncouth appearance and grotesque attitude.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Chapter X A day or two later Mrs. Strickland sent me round a note asking if I could go and see her that evening after dinner.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

7 On the fifth day of the lunar month Shravana, known as the Nāgarapanchami—that is, the fifth day of the nāgas or serpents—these stones are first washed; [ 124 ] then milk, curds, ghī (clarified butter), and cocoanut water, are poured over them.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

The reporter was impressed much by the [ 255 ] despondent droop of the little man’s sloping shoulders and by the melancholy smoulder in his big, dark eyes; but more was he impressed by the costume of Papa Finkelstein.
— from Local Color by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Several years since, Pomaree II. said to Tyreman and Bennet, the deputies of the London Missionary Society, "You have come to see me at a very bad time.
— from Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville

The district of the lead mines, situated near the sources of the Merameg, the Gasconade, and the St. Francis, has been repeatedly described.
— from James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4 by Thomas Say

They were not accustomed to independent labor, their faculty for organization had not been sufficiently developed, and the dishonesty of their leading men sometimes caused failures of the schemes.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

Jim Galloway, who never until now had come out into the open in defiance of the law, must swallow his words under the eyes of his own gang, or once and for all forsake the semi-security behind his ambush.
— from The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory

'Of course, the private address is only a matter of a day or two longer,' Mr. Slippen went on.
— from Dorothy's Double. Volume 1 (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty