And summe seyn be hire Prophecyes that a Lord, a Prynce of the West syde of the World, shalle wynnen the Lond of Promyssioun, i.e. the Holy Lond, withe Helpe of Cristene Men, and he schalle do synge a Masse under that Drye Tree, and than the Tree shall wexen grene and bere both Fruyt and Leves.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

And, as though to add to the daily misery which this prosperous canal inflicted on the unfortunate innkeeper, whose utter ruin it was fast accomplishing, it was situated between the Rhône from which it had its source and the post-road it had depleted, not a hundred steps from the inn, of which we have given a brief but faithful description.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

It may be months, or it may be a year before the opening comes, but when it does come the one who has appreciated the infinite difference between "good" and "better," between "fairly good" and "excellent," between what others call "good" and the best that can be done, will be likely to get the place.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

In its narrower sense the typical tenement was thus described when last arraigned before the bar of public justice: “It is generally a brick building from four to six stories high on the street, frequently with a store on the first floor which, when used for the sale of liquor, has a side opening for the benefit of the inmates and to evade the Sunday law; four families occupy each floor, and a set of rooms consists of one or two dark closets, used as bedrooms, with a living room twelve feet by ten.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The emphasis upon the struggle for existence which followed the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species , in 1859, seemed to many thinkers to give a biological basis for the necessity and the inevitability of war.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Thus have I given a brief, but faithful, history of my childish transgressions.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Germans and British both found that radio was important as a starting point for news.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

A train went through a burial gate, A bird broke forth and sang, And trilled, and quivered, and shook his throat
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

The Burnese Alps Milk Company, of Stalden, has adopted a mother Teddy bear, giving a baby bear forced lactary injections.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson

,” said Simon de Montfort, “both good and bad, but from today, I shall ever believe more good than bad.
— from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Personal names and indications of place and date were suppressed, not from any want of confidence in the central Government at Brussels, but from the knowledge that if these particulars were published they would of course be accessible to the very officials in the Congo to whom abuses are attributed.
— from Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence] by Roger Casement

“Is that why they would not let me see him—because they have cut off his hair and made him look so unlike himself, and because he talks so strangely?” “Yes, my lady, and for your own good, and because—” but Fay interrupted her excitedly.
— from Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

A10-343 Stombaugh examined and gave testimony on the following objects: (1) The green and brown blanket found in the Paine’s garage, Commission Exhibit No. 140; (2) the homemade paper bag found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository following the assassination, Commission Exhibit No. 142; (3) the shirt worn by Oswald on November 22, 1963, Commission Exhibit No. 150; and (4) the C2766 rifle, Commission Exhibit No. 139.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

No wonder, then, that the knowledge of Markland, and Vinland, and Whiteman’s Land died away in a few generations, and became but fireside sagas for the winter nights.
— from Historical Lectures and Essays by Charles Kingsley

He could not remember all that had occurred—he had been kicked, gored, and bitten; but finally he had got a grip on its throat and slashed it with his knife.
— from The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Arthur Cheney Train

This is the primary condition of a lighthouse-keeper’s duty: for this he lives, for this he toils, for this he watches—that the helpful flame which has been the salvation of so many lives may steadily glow and brightly burn from sunset until sunrise.
— from Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

A basket ball team for the girls A brass band for the young men ACTIVITIES OF THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
— from Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy

Jean Bateese Gagnon, he get a big book from outside.
— from The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Hulbert Footner