After Jerry was settled comfortably in the cave again, Dick went outside with Boom-Boom Slade, who proceeded to give him a lesson in demolition, explaining just how to place the charge and attach the detonator.
— from Dick Donnelly of the Paratroops by Marshall McClintock

With respect to Constitution, it may be further observed, that in soft, lax, leucophlegmatic Habits, and languid inactive Dispositions, every thing else being equal, the Disease seems to proceed more slowly, to go off more irregularly, and to leave behind it more lasting Effects.
— from An Account of the Sore Throat Attended With Ulcers A Disease Which Hath of Late Years Appeared in This City, and in Several Parts of the Nation by John Fothergill

"Here, at least, is direct evidence as to the beads.
— from The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths

Hardly had he gone when rumors of a revolt of the Mexican and Indian population against American rule began to be heard, and late in December evidence of such a plot was unearthed.
— from Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders by George Bird Grinnell