There is no difference between the first and second stories, except that the lower one has a rich band of sculpture beneath the window, which is replaced by plain marble in the second; but above the second, as I have said, the sculpture ceases to be the main feature, the mosaic takes its place, and succeeds in carrying out the unison of rich work and lightness of effect in a way which is as novel as it is beautiful.
— from Giotto by Harry Quilter

My daily employment was teaching in the various departments of domestic industry, such as needle-work, knitting, etc., and my pupils, old and young, were both industrious and apt." Elder Addison Pratt died in 1872, but his respected missionary wife is living in Utah to-day, resting from her labors and waiting for the reward of the faithful. — A somewhat similar experience to the above is that of Sister Mildred E. Randall, who went with her husband, at a later date, to labor in the Sandwich Islands.
— from The Women of Mormondom by Edward W. (Edward William) Tullidge

Here they passed the winter; and having refitted their vessel, put to sea June 24, 1761: they passed by Copper Island, which lies about an hundred and fifty versts from the former, and steered S. E. towards the Aleütian Isles, which they did not reach before the 6th of August.
— from Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America To which are added, the conquest of Siberia, and the history of the transactions and commerce between Russia and China by William Coxe

For my own part, I see no final and satisfactory solution except through the civilization of employers and employed.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

The archdeacon, indeed, goes far in the excuses he makes for Sterling, saying, "Such men we honor, although they fall; nay, we honor them the more because they fall; " a sentiment so extravagant that the most liberal Catholic will condemn it without hesitation.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various

But it was a great satisfaction to know that she felt resigned and could draw solace from a spiritual source, even though the same was denied to me.
— from A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

Teresa flushed as she slipped easily, to the ground.
— from Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes by Arnold Bennett

I got off Zoe, who was tired enough to stand still, for she was getting old and I had not spared her, and proceeded to search for a stone small enough to throw at the window.
— from The Flight of the Shadow by George MacDonald

Although he yielded somewhat, at one period, to love of studies in natural science, it was he who finally made that great treaty or compromise which for ages subjected science entirely to theology.
— from The Warfare of Science by Andrew Dickson White