In the reign of Theophilus, the Saracens ravaged many parts of the eastern empire, gained several considerable advantages over the christians, took the city of Armorian, and numbers suffered martyrdom.
— 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 the old choir were buried: Dame Margaret, etc.; Eleanor Gristles; Sir John Browne, knight, and John his son and heir; Sir Simon de Berforde, knight; Peter Wigus, esquire; Robert Mathew, esquire; Sir John Skargell, knight; Sir John Norice, knight; Sir Geffrey Roose, knight; Mathew Hadocke, esquire; William Clarell, esquire; John Aprichard, esquire; William Wentworth, esquire; Thomas Wicham, esquire; Sir Terwit, knight; Sir Stephen Popham, knight; Bastard de Scales; Henrie Blunt, esquire; Elizabeth Blunt; John Swan, esquire; Alice Foster, one of the heirs of Sir Stephen Popham; Sir Robert Brocket, knight; John Drayton, esquire; John, son to Robert Chanlowes, and his daughter Katherine; John Salvin, William Hampton, John Bampton, John Winter, Edmond Oldhall, William Appleyard, Thomas Dabby, esquires; Sir Hugh Courtney, knight; John Drury, son to Robert Drurie; Elizabeth Gemersey, gentlewoman; Sir Thomas Townsend, knight; Sir Richarde Greene, knight; William Scot, esquire; Thomas Federinghey, I. Fulforde, esquire; Edward Eldsmere, gentleman; W. Hart, gentleman; Dame Mary Senclare, daughter to Sir Thomas Talbot, knight; Ancher, esquire; Sir William Moris, knight, and Dame Christian his wife; Sir Peter de Mota, knight; Richard Hewton, esquire; Sir I. Heron, knight; Richard Eton, esquire; Hugh Stapleton, gentleman; William Copley, gentleman; Sir Ralph Saintowen, knight; Sir Hugh Bromeflete, knight; Lord Vessey, principal founder of that order, the 6th of Edward IV., etc.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

She was a tall woman, with dark eyebrows, erect, grave, stolid, and she thought herself an intellectual woman.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

According to her own account, she grew up into a sharp-witted, impressionable girl, who, receiving rather more than an average education, early gave signs of an intelligence beyond what, at that time, was considered the fair endowment of her sex.
— from Idle Hours in a Library by William Henry Hudson

A malady Answer : Disease D D E E. GUESSING STORIES.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

John Nethercott Eden Mills Eramosa Wellington, S. R. Samuel Meadows Edgecombe Mornington Perth Thomas Martin * Edmonton Chinguacousy Peel James Collingbourne * Edwardsburgh Edwardsburgh Grenville, S. R. William S. Akin Eganville Grattan Renfrew John Quealy Egerton Luther Wellington, N. R. James Hunter Eglinton York York, E. R. Joseph Hargrave * Egmondville Tuckersmith Huron T. J. Marks Egremont Egremont Grey Thomas Smith Elder Mono Simcoe, S. R. C. Conn Elgin Crosby, South Leeds, S. R. Philemon Pennock Elginburg Kingston Frontenac Peter Bates Elginfield London Middlesex, E. R. W. H. Ryan Elizabethville Hope Durham, E. R. J. McMurtry Elfrida Saltfleet Wentworth, S. R. William Campbell Ellengowan Division line between Brant and Elderslie Bruce Samuel Hopper [21] Ellesmere Scarboro’ York, E. R. Arch.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866 by Canada. Post Office Department

‘The rude will shuffle through with ease enough: Great schools best suit the sturdy and the rough.’
— from Chantry House by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

-ast , one who (does): elegiast, enthusiast, gymnast, symposiast.
— from The Alberta Public School Speller Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta by Anonymous