They follow certain secret aims Down under, far from strife or din.
— from Sea Warfare by Rudyard Kipling

No contract for work could be made without the stipulation that its fulfillment must depend upon freedom from strikes in that particular trade, and no man could start on a journey with any certainty that he would be allowed to finish it in peace and at the appointed time.
— from Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World by James Cowan

Here that wicked sunbeam, with a depravity unlooked for, falling straight through the chink of the umbrella into Mr. Luttrell's eye, maddens him to such a degree that he rises precipitately, shuts the cause of his misfortunes with a bang, and turns on Molly.
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess

Dependence upon Federal financing should no longer be necessary.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Walton afterwards removed to another house in Chancery Lane, a few doors up from Fleet Street, on the west side, where he kept a sempster's, or milliner's shop.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

He could say no more, for another deafening uproar forbade further speech.
— from Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

Yf it be proved soe, God reward them according to their deservinges, and God deliver us from frendly secret fowes.
— from Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 2 Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with Correspondence by Richard Cocks

It has been well said that "Love gives and receives, and keeps no account on either side," but that is very different from deliberately using friendship for selfish ends.
— from The Book of Courage by John T. (John Thomson) Faris