The people were gathered in groups on the streets, and the words "Vigilance Committee" were freely spoken, but I saw no signs of immediate violence.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

He may have personated in flesh and blood the great Italian god of the sky, Jupiter, who had kindly come down from heaven in the lightning flash to dwell among men in the mistletoe—the thunder-besom—the Golden Bough—growing on the sacred oak in the dells of Nemi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

From a flowery arch at the bottom of my garden I gazed over the sea—bluer than the sky: the old world was beyond; clear prospects opened thus:— “‘Go,’ said Hope, ‘and live again in Europe: there it is not known what a sullied name you bear, nor what a filthy burden is bound to you.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

DE GUICHE: I go on the stage!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Christ was not perfect in grace from His infancy, but grew in gifts of the soul like other men, and by experience daily became wiser, so that as a little child He laboured under ignorance (Melanchthon on the gospel for first Sunday after Epiphany).
— from Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities by Campion, Edmund, Saint

I exclaimed joyously, for it was a great relief to me to have the schooner afloat again—a sailor feels just as much out of his element in a stranded ship as he does when he personally is on terra firma —and in the exuberance of my gratification I gave orders to “splice the main brace” preparatory to the troublesome and laborious task of getting the guns and ballast on board once more.
— from The Rover's Secret: A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba by Harry Collingwood

The terrestrial globe map of twelve gores is much darkened with age but gives in good outline the several continents with a few geographical names.
— from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy by Edward Luther Stevenson

There was only one way by which the Per-sian army could go into Greece on that side, and that was by a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea.
— from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin

Were it only for the glimpse it gives of the state of the mercantile marine thirty years ago, my first voyage would be worth relating.
— from Running the Blockade A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks, and Escapes During the American Civil War by Thomas E. Taylor

Crivello made answer:—"Thou must know that there is but one way in which I might be of service to thee in this affair: I might contrive that thou shouldst be where she is when Giacomino is gone off to supper; but, were I to presume to say aught to her on thy behalf, she would never listen to me.
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio

It was an original Act of Grace and Goodness in G od , to send C hrist into the World, to save Sinners, and not (as some superstitiously teach) a mere Compliance in G od the Father (and that, not without full Satisfaction first made) to the voluntary and merciful Intercession of C hrist the Son.
— from Free and Impartial Thoughts, on the Sovereignty of God, The Doctrines of Election, Reprobation, and Original Sin: Humbly Addressed To all who Believe and Profess those Doctrines. by Richard Finch

But after a time the tumult of sorrow passed and the usual forest sounds returned: the whir of partridge-wings smote the air, and I heard the tender coo of the mother-hen; then the wind rose and blew through the tree-tops, and the blossoming boughs moved restlessly, no longer filtering green sunshine through their transparent leaves, but disclosing a gathering storm in the glimpses I gained of the sky above.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

The only work published that describes the Modern Shop or Manufacturing Plant from the time the grass is growing on the site intended for it until the finished product is shipped.
— from Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pagé

Of course the assistance given is gratuitous, or, to speak more correctly, is to be returned in kind when required.
— from Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island by MacCulloch, Edgar, Sir