1848 4 Inga Olsdatter Vos 1843 4 Mikkel Larsen Hole Vos 1846 2 Michael Johannesen Rollaug 1848 2 Kari Gulliksdatter Lande, Enke Flesberg 1847 1 Halvor Halvorsen Strand Valders 1849
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

She was now housekeeper and was also acting for the time as superintendent to the little girl, of whom, without children of her own, she was, by good luck, extremely fond.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

At nine o’clock I got a letter from her, with a German letter enclosed for her mother.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

a modern invention Dotage a disqualification of candidates " meaning of the term Dues to lodges, a modern usage " non-payment of, does not disqualify from voting for candidates E. Emergency, rule upon the subject Entered Apprentice, rights of formerly a member of his lodge formerly permitted to attend the Grand Communications may sit in a lodge of his degree cannot speak or vote cannot be deprived of his rights without trial after trial may appeal to the Grand Lodge Erasure from lodge, a masonic punishment Evidence in masonic trials Examination of visitors how to be conducted Exclusion, a masonic punishment Executive powers of a Grand Lodge Expulsion is masonic death Expulsion, a masonic punishment should be inflicted by Grand Lodge or with its approval from higher degrees, its effect restoration from Extinct lodges, funds of, revert to the Grand Lodge F. Family distressed, of a Mason, entitled to relief Fellow Craft, rights of they formerly constituted the great body of the Fraternity formerly permitted to speak, but not vote Finishing candidates of one lodge in another Fool cannot be a Mason Free, a candidate must be, at the time of making Free-born, a Mason must be reason for the rule Funds of extinct lodges revert to the Grand Lodge G. General Assembly.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

"INTESTINAL AGITATION" From Pall-Mall Gazette, London, England, Feb 8, 1890
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

BIBLIOPHILE AS THE ACTORS SHAKESPEARE AND MOLIÈRE CREATED THE BEST DRAMA, SO THE BEST IN GASTRONOMIC LITERATURE EMANATED FROM WITHIN THE RANKS The Author [vi] SYMPOSION.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

it German logic enters for the first time into the history of Christian dogma; but even to-day, a thousand years later, we Germans of the present, late Germans in every way, catch the scent of truth, a possibility of truth, at the back of the famous fundamental principle of dialectics with which Hegel secured the victory of the German spirit over Europe— “contradiction moves the world; all things contradict themselves.”
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

To procure a Prism of solid Glass large enough for this Experiment will be difficult, and therefore a prismatick Vessel must be made of polish'd Glass Plates cemented together, and filled with salt Water or clear Oil.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

His servant picked up the spade and dug a grave long enough for Pahom to lie in, and buried him in it.
— from What Men Live By, and Other Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

He was pursued by the watchmen; guards looked everywhere for him, asking after him in every street and alley, hunting him down to catch and torture him.
— from Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

If now called away, he will have lived a long life in a few years, and will be spared the trials and sufferings that flesh is heir to, and will be gathered like early fruit, before the blight or frost or mildew has marked it." "October 29.
— from Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life by Amos Lawrence

[Pg 11] The next maiden told him he had an ugly scar on his face, and was not good looking enough for her; and, besides, his clothes were coarse.
— from Daisy; or, The Fairy Spectacles by C. S. (Caroline Snowden) Guild

Fifty fairies round him, Like in age and grace; Like each form and bearing; Like each lovely face.
— from Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Complete by Arthur Herbert Leahy

On the left hand of this apartment was Mr. Perrault's library, in which was a choice collection of Greek, Latin, English, French and Spanish works, on philosophy, history and les belles lettres .
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

Thenceforth the great seat of the revels was transferred from the church and its graveyard, to the village green or the town market-place, or some space of open ground, large enough for popular assemblages to enjoy the favourite sports and pastimes of the period.
— from Lancashire Folk-lore Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine by John Harland

she asked placidly, her grave, lovely eyes full on mine.
— from Margarita's Soul: The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Josephine Daskam Bacon

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— from Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent by W. W. (William Wortley) Baggally