|
This clock belongs to Dr. George W. Goler, of Rochester, N. Y., and the one previously described to Mr. William M. Hoyt, also of Rochester.
— from The Old Furniture Book, with a Sketch of Past Days and Ways by N. Hudson Moore
There is no doubt but what there exist large groups of ruins not yet described, structures and monuments which might, perhaps, throw some light on a past that now seems hopelessly lost.
— from The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races by Emory Adams Allen
In going down the Guainia, or Rio Negro, you pass on the right the Cano Maliapo, and on the left the Canos Dariba and Eny.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
I am glad to acknowledge my thanks to Mr. N. R. Graves of Rochester, N. Y., and Prof. R. L. Watts of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, for the photographic illustrations, and to Mr. B. F. Williamson, the Orange Judd Co.'s artist, for the pen and ink drawings which add so much to the value, attractiveness and interest of these pages.
— from Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains
ejaculated Mrs. Scattergood, [Pg 6] suddenly, "ain't that where there's fightin' goin' on right now?" "Yes'm.
— from Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long
ejaculated Mrs. Scattergood, suddenly, "ain't that where there's fightin' goin' on right now?" "Yes'm.
— from Janice Day at Poketown by Helen Beecher Long
With the object of gaining an entrance into Philadelphia and through that gateway of reaching New York, he started work on a branch from Baltimore to Philadelphia to meet, at the northern boundary of Maryland, the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad—a line which independent interests were then building through Delaware with the intention of obtaining an entrance into Philadelphia.
— from The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States by John Moody
Count Guido Franceschini's honor!—well, Has the Governor of Rome none?" You perceive, The cards are all against us.
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning
|