It was getting rather exciting, as the elephants were blowing and grumbling very distinctly; and by their moving about a good deal they seemed meditating a march on to the open flat to drink.
— from Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

A gold ring exhibited at the exhibition of antiquities at the Ironmongers’ Hall, in 1861, had hieroglyphics meaning ‘protected by the living goddess Mu.’
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.

"It is well spoken," he said; "but remember—the Baron de Grost represents England, and the English interests of our society."
— from The Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

“It is well spoken,” he said, “but remember—the Baron de Grost represents England and the English interests of our Society.”
— from Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Feathers principally lustrous-black, with purple and green reflections, except at their extremities, which are dull and opaque; brownish above, silvery-white beneath.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

He defended the place with great resolution, even after the emperor had been obliged to retreat beyond the Rhine, but unhappily took the fever, and died there, November 17, 1813.-ED. (233) This proved to be a false report.
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

[1146] About the same time Anthony Papillon, for whom the princess had obtained the office of chief master of requests to the Dauphin, died suddenly, and the general report, even among the enemies, was that he had been poisoned.
— from History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume 3 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné