The weather was clear and calm, and we had a fine view of the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the grand expanse of the ocean on the other.
— from A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland by Laura S. (Laura Smith) Haviland

The Church of England has always had to submit to that law, for it sees its prelates appointed alternately by the opposite political and religious sides, and has had to see the ecclesiastical patronage of populous counties bestowed for a whole generation on men of one school, and then as long on men of the other.”
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

[473] Among these, however, Brock included, by direct mention, undertakings intended to destroy betimes threatening gatherings of men or of stores; but such action was merely to secure the British positions, on the principle, already noted, that offence is the best defence.
— from Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

The ship felt instant relief; she righted, and we descended amidst the cheers, the applauses, the congratulations, and, I may add, the tears of gratitude of most of our shipmates.
— from Frank Mildmay; Or, the Naval Officer by Frederick Marryat

We had not left the gate of Mecca out of sight when on the road behind us came Airikat and four followers.
— from The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia by Harry W. (Harry Willard) French

Arthur may or may not be a greater figure in himself than Charlemagne; but when the genius of Map (or of some one else) had hit upon the real knotting and unknotting of the story—the connection of the frailty of Guinevere with the Quest for the Grail—complete developments of the fates of minor heroes, elaborate closings of minor incidents, became futile.
— from The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury

And so groups of Mentors on other subjects may be brought together out of the schedule.
— from The Mentor: Beautiful Buildings of the World, Serial no. 33 by Clarence Ward

Besides, what headway will I make by steering that girl of mine off one shoal to land her on another?" "Was the Wyoming affair quite out of the question?" "Oh, Hal Ford is a good-enough chap, but he's a perfect kid.
— from The Honorable Percival by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

The return for this form of “casting the bread on the waters” is not immediate, but directly the regiment goes on manœuvres or on service, the result between a squadron trained on this system and one where this is not done is most marked.
— from Our Cavalry by Michael Frederic Rimington

In the momentary illumination details were limned sharply—the buildings, the groups of men on one side, the running figures on the other.
— from Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm