The Land Purchase Inspector was able to report that the lands, which had been the object of eager competition, had, in most cases, been greatly improved and were in good condition, and he is likely to find even better results in the future, as the Amending Act of 1896 provided that applications for land should not be entertained unless the applicants were able to prove their ability properly to cultivate the soil and to fulfil the stipulations of the leases.
— from Australasian Democracy by Henry de Rosenbach Walker

The consequences of his three years of novel-reading were such a serious matter to him that he was afraid to go and hear the result of the final examinations but remained in his room until a friend came to tell him that he was one of the first five in his class in his average for the entire course.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

As Eleanor concluded, Polly laughed at her funny expression but remarked, "It would be terrible if your irons got so hot that they melted before you could use any one of them, wouldn't it?"
— from Polly and Eleanor by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

[Pg 258] Polish king acts as godfather of, I 218 poses as Messiah, I 218 arrested in Warsaw, I 218 imprisoned in Chenstokhov, I 219 f freed by invading Russian troops, I 219 escapes to Brünn (Moravia), I 219 moves to Vienna, I 220 settles in Offenbach (Germany), I 220 supported in Offenbach by adherents in Poland, I 283 See Frankists Frank, Mendel , rabbi of Brest, receives large powers from Polish king, I 73, 104 f Frankfort-on-the-Main , Naphtali Cohen, Polish Cabalist and Sabbatian, settles in, I 204 Offenbach, in neighborhood of, residence of Jacob Frank, I 220 Oppenheim, Jewish painter, resident of, II 67 place of publication, II 202 Frankists , adherents of Jacob Frank, hold mystical services and engage in excesses, I 213 f excommunicated by rabbis, I 214 address themselves to Demboviski, Catholic bishop, I 214 denounce Talmud and recognize Trinity, I 214 call themselves "Contra-Talmudists," and "Zoharists," I 214 bishop arranges disputation between, and rabbis, I 214 f acknowledged victorious in disputation and awarded fine, I 215 obtain safe-conduct from Polish king, I 215 offer to embrace Christianity, I 216 hold second disputation with rabbis, I 216 f accuse Jews of ritual murder, I 216 f large number of, baptized at Lemberg, I 217 remain loyal to Frank, I 218, 283 follow Frank to Chenstokhov, his place of imprisonment, I 219 settle with Frank in Offenbach, I 220 Sabbatian movement compromised by, I 222 shunned and despised by Poles, I 283 ultimately absorbed by Poles, I 230 Frederic, Harold , quoted, II 378 Freeman , see Lieberman, A.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

These may cease by death— the Prophets , do they live for ever ?—by removals in providence far from the abode of such a soul as I have been describing; or they may not be blest much to tried souls.
— from The Morning of Spiritual Youth Improved, in the Prospect of Old Age and Its Infirmities Being a Literal and Spiritual Paraphrase on the Twelfth Chapter of Ecclesiastes. In a Series of Letters. by J. (John) Church

Then he had tried to reach the spring, but had fainted either before reaching it or after leaving.
— from Twice Bought by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Oriel College was founded by Edward II., and his almoner, Adam de Brun, in 1326, and was called the Hall of the Blessed Virgin of Oxford, but derived its permanent name from a fresh endowment by Richard III.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

We have here the reason why the tyranny is broken: for the enemies of the Kingdom of God shall entirely and for ever be rendered incapable of carrying on warfare.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

From this service he is said to have deserted to the British, and joined the first European battalion raised in Bengal.
— from The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by H. G. (Henry George) Keene