The two vantage points of the lesser island and Canadian mainland were near enough for threat or challenge to be thrown across, and from the Battle Ground Inn, just opposite Navy Island, such encouraging sentences as “We’ll be over at you one of these days,” were wafted over.
— from Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas by Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars

Dr. Gillies in Journ. of Nat. and Geograph.
— from Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. by Charles Darwin

The vail of the great temple was rent, the sun overcast, and the moon turned to blood; and in my ecstasy of passion, I could have shouted, Great is Jesus of Nazareth!!
— from Autobiography of a Female Slave by Martha Griffith Browne

If we read any of the writings of Athanasius, or of any of the older church fathers, we shall be surprised to see how all of them begin with the word ( Logos ) as a fixed point of departure, and then proceed to prove that the Word is [15] the Son of God, and finally that the Son of God is Jesus of Nazareth.
— from Thoughts on Life and Religion An Aftermath from the Writings of The Right Honourable Professor Max Müller by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

Whence does it get its jurisdiction of navigable rivers, lakes, bays, and the seaboard within its territorial limits, as appertaining to its domain?
— from The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson

You have several times, Mrs. Lovick and Mrs. Smith, hinted your wishes, that I would give you some little history of myself: now, if you are at leisure, that this gentleman, who, I have reason to believe, knows it all, is present, and can tell you if I give it justly, or not, I will oblige your curiosity.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson

'The vessel was much knocked about in a violent gale in June off Norfolk Island, and we had to handle her very carefully.
— from Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge