Indefinite and absurd rumors of an approaching attack from the English were afloat in the camp, and, in their growing uneasiness, they thought it expedient to shift their position to some point more capable of defence.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Had you not given utterance to those impenitent expressions, the court would have been anxious to deal mercifully with you.
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

The alphabetical list of residents, comprising as it does a full record of all those of our countrymen who have taken up their permanent abodes in any of the Indian Presidencies, will be found of the greatest use to those in England who have lost all clue to their relatives and friends in the far East and wish to discover their whereabouts.
— from Riding for Ladies: With Hints on the Stable by O'Donoghue, Power, Mrs.

They, however, obtained a gun which had undoubtedly belonged to Park, and which was given up to them in exchange for one of their own fowling-pieces.
— from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston

Two carretas were hired, at twenty-eight pesos each, to make the journey; our driver agreed that, without counting that day, he could get us to Tuxtla in eight days; in order to encourage him, we promised to pay five pesos extra for each carreta , in case we reached the city of Tuxtla on Monday the 11th.
— from In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr

Their plan proposes to secure for Ireland the great advantage of a separate responsible Irish ministry; offering, in exchange for this, to give up to the imperial executive such powers as the States in America give to the Washington Congress and executive, as distinguished from the powers and functions reserved to the State legislatures and governments.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

The circle which has given us these two ideas enrolls itself among the strong and enthusiastic circles.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, January 1885, No. 4 by Chautauqua Institution

Why could not this author (who shows that he does not understand Latin ,) give us the text in English?
— from The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography by Thaddeus Davids