Kusadhwaja, father of Sita (spouse of Rama), is also called Janaka; a name common in this line, and borne by the third prince in succession after Suvarna Roma, the ‘golden-haired’ chief Mithila. 4 .
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

It descends to an altitude of only 4,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains, and forms open, scattered stands of round-topped trees of little commercial value, and is usually associated with western yellow pine or Rocky Mountain cedar.
— from American Forest Trees by Henry H. Gibson

On the following morning early, she once more set out for Westminster, and passed quietly along the road till she reached Charing; but near the hermitage and chapel of St. Catherine, just opposite the cross, she perceived a man standing gazing up the Strand, with the serpent embroidered on the black ground, which distinguished the followers of Sir Simeon of Roydon.
— from Agincourt: A Romance The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

By means of a magnifying glass, a screen covered with sulphide of zinc is kept under observation, and in front of it is disposed, at a distance of about half a millimetre, a fragment of some salt of radium.
— from The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré

Robespierre was known to harbor a sneaking prejudice in favor of some sort of religion, and once even openly declared his opinion that some such institution was necessary for governing with effect.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

[FN#31] Moslems who are disposed to be facetious on serious subjects, often remark that it is a mystery why Allah should have built his house in a spot so barren and desolate.
— from Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In the case of a human pinned under wreckage in horrible certainty of fire or suffocation, speed of rescue must mean the saving of life.
— from A Viking of the Sky: A Story of a Boy Who Gained Success in Aeronautics by Hugh McAlister

i. p. 33: "The fruits of several species of Rubus, and of the Ngaio (Myoporum laetum), were also eaten, especially by children."
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

I want to build a roaring old fire on some shelf of rock and build up a stew big enough for a regiment of state troops!
— from The Flying Machine Boys in the Wilds; Or, The Mystery of the Andes by Frank Walton