The construction of some of these thoroughfares has undoubtedly given a vigorous impulse to the development of our resources and the settlement of the more distant portions of the country.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

One of these Acts provides that, in cases where "Open Spaces and Burial Grounds" are vested in Trustees, the Trustees may transfer them to the Local Authorities, to be maintained for the use and service of the public.
— from Seeing and Hearing by George William Erskine Russell

Florence, Genoa, and Venice in the thirteenth century were the money centers of Europe.
— from Early European History by Hutton Webster

The mountains around these giants of Granada are very inferior to them in height.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

Still we have both geysers and volcanoes in the text.
— from The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

Little Katy clapped her hands with glee, and vowed, inwardly, that the cat should never know another moment's grief.
— from Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Bear well in mind that it is impossible to expect the people to share the responsibilities of the country, unless they are given a voice in the transaction of public business.
— from The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

"Some group at Viking is trying to run me out of the managerial business.
— from A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett

Mrs. Orr, devouter votary than I, explains that Browning meant "that everything which disturbs the equal balance of human life gives a vital impulse to the soul."
— from Browning's Heroines by Ethel Colburn Mayne

But the decline of Amalfi was amply compensated to the rest of Italy by the constant elevation of Pisa, Genoa, and Venice in the twelfth and ensuing ages.
— from View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam