ἐπίασα, to press; in N.T., to take or lay hold of, Ac. 3.7; to take, catch fish, &c., Jno. 21.3, 10.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Leslie often went, too, for Captain Jim took charge of Dick frequently, in order to set her free.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The same young men who had been so kind to me on my first journey through Zurich again showed themselves anxious to be continually in my company, and this was especially the case with one young fellow called Jakob Sulzer.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

90 Note 85 ( return ) [ Our primitive account is from Cardinal James Caietan, (Maxima Bibliot.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Don’t you remember, I said yesterday I’d overheard two people talking about a female called Jane Finn?
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

These same things were promised to his son, Abraham's grandson, who was at first called Jacob, afterwards Israel, when Belocus was the ninth king of Assyria, and Phoroneus, the son of Inachus, reigned as the second king of Argos, Leucippus still continuing king of Sicyon.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The agreement established the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) to develop and fly a standardized docking system “to enhance the safety of manned flight in space and to provide the opportunity for conducting joint scientific missions in the future.”
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

At all events, he was a splendid looking fellow, and brought with him from Washington a letter to General Smith and another for Commodore Jones, to the effect that he was a man of enlarged experience in beef; that the authorities in Washington knew that there existed in California large herds of cattle, which were only valuable for their hides and tallow; that it was of great importance to the Government that this beef should be cured and salted so as to be of use to the army and navy, obviating the necessity of shipping salt-beef around Cape Horn.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Goody Liu adjusted their dresses, and, having impressed a few more words of advice on Pan Erh, they followed Chou Jui's wife through winding passages to Chia Lien's house.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Some persons who claimed to be such presented themselves, and the old man acquired it in exchange for clothes, jewels, and a sum of money.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

Rising to a fair ceiling Jack headed south, and the night flight was on.
— from Flying the Coast Skyways; Or, Jack Ralston's Swift Patrol by Ambrose Newcomb

On the trial in 1783 the jury responded to a strong anti-slavery charge from Chief Justice Cushing by returning a verdict against Jennison, and the court fined him £50 and costs.
— from American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

A more happy message could not happen to Saladyne, that taking his forest bill on his neck, he trudgeth in all haste towards the plains where Aliena's flocks did feed, coming just to the place when they returned from Montanus and Phoebe.
— from Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Thomas Lodge

They are comprised of five “candidates,” judges elected by the inhabitants of every village, who sit in rotation.
— from The Heart of Asia A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times by Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir

Anne smiled, and deduced a mental picture of Mrs. Dick Moore from Captain Jim's way of putting it; evidently a second Mrs. Rachel Lynde.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Gregory Cromwell, writing to his father from Lewes, says, “The day of making hereof came before us a fellow called John Dancy, being apparelled in a frieze coat, a pair of black hose, with fustian slops, having also a sword, a buckler, and a dagger; being a man of such port, fashion, and behaviour that we at first took him only for a vagabond, until such time as he, being examined, confessed himself to have been heretofore a priest, and sometime a monk of this monastery.”— MS. State Paper Office , second series, Vol.
— from History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III by James Anthony Froude

541 As to the plan pursued in grinding out fire, Col. James Stevenson informed the writer that they make a slightly concave place where the burnt holes are seen, cut the notch on the side, sprinkle a little fine sand on the concavity, set the end of the round stick on the sand and roll it rapidly between the palms of the hands, pressing down hard.
— from Fire-making Apparatus in the U. S. National Museum by Walter Hough

Fred cried joyfully.
— from Down the Slope by James Otis

The voice of Almira, calling his name at the foot of the stairs, prevented any further conversation just then; and Dick found, afterwards, that he had undertaken a task of some difficulty.
— from Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy by William O. Stoddard