this evening being fair I observed time and distance of Ys Eastern Limb from regulus with Sextant.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

It is supposed to lie between Lord Stormont and Lord Rawdon; and there is a report that they are [Pg 103] quarrelling about that as about everything else, and that the Duke of York espouses Lord Rawdon's cause very warmly.
— from Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

Pictures in the papers, details of your early life, moving stories about your many virtues, weeping relatives at the dock as the ship sails out of the bay and all that sort of thing.
— from Frank Armstrong at College by Matthew M. Colton

I, therfore, in the presence of God and by my allegens to my Soveraign, affirme trewlye and advisedlye, that I never wrote booke agaynste her, or gave my consent or advise to anye that ever was wrytten, nor at this hower do knowe of anye that ever was set forthe to her defamation or dyshonour, or yet ever lyked of anye suche that ever dyd the lyke.
— from In Byways of Scottish History by Louis A. Barbé

If you want to dwell with God through all eternity, you must walk humbly with God all the days of your earthly life.
— from The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles by H. J. (Harry John) Wilmot-Buxton

And now that this bitter dream of your early love is past, perhaps your heart may awaken once more to love.
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

aunque entiendo que en todos mis ministros debe ser igual a sus obligaciones la atencion y celo á mi servicio, la experiencia me ha mostrado que no ha bastado esto y que es necesario usar de medio mas eficaz y poderoso para que no se acabe de perder mi monarquia, pues me corre obligacion por el lugar en que Dios me ha puesto atajar su total ruina y entiendo ser la falta de obediencia y ejecucion lo que mas aprisa la puede causar.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

Wid dat he tuck'n tuck Brer Fox by de off year en led 'im out ter de front gate, en w'en he git
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

"How dear of you!" exclaimed Lord Robert; "and I'll repay your kindness by writing a book called How to be Happy though Squeezed."
— from The Farringdons by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

she continued, with vehement supplication, "let the days of your early love be brought back to' your memory, that your heart may be softened; and cut yourself not wholly off from your God, by the commission of such dreadful outrages.
— from Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) by Major (John) Richardson

Now, striding along Main Street in greasy coveralls, glowering at the Saturday afternoon sun through eyes dark with anger, kicking defiantly through drifts of yellow elm leaves, flaunting [133] rebellion and stubborn pride at every step, he was just a kid coming home from work at the "Trailer" to those he met; but to himself, Peter was quite naturally the center of the Universe.
— from Plowing On Sunday by Sterling North