This was in her mind for years, and at the beginning of 1859 she engaged Corinthian Hall for Sunday evenings, her good friend, William A. Reynolds, as usual making her a reduced rate; and here Antoinette Brown Blackwell and Parker Pillsbury each preached for a month.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

This second tedious captivity drew to an end in the course of time, and again a great crowd of sympathizing fellow students gave him a rousing reception as he came forth; but his delight in his freedom was so boundless that he could not proceed soberly and calmly, but must go hopping and skipping and jumping down the sleety street from sheer excess of joy.
— from A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Mark Twain

He took off his derby hat and ruefully regarded a hole through the crown.
— from Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers

"And I have acted rightly, Raoul," Athos hastened to reply.
— from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas

Not seldom the long delay has been filled up with unintelligent and injurious attempts at rendering assistance, violent pulling when resistance is insurmountable without change of position, injuries to the vagina and womb by ill-considered but too forcibly executed attempts to change the position, the repeated and long-continued contact with rough hands and rougher ropes and hooks, the gashes with knives and lacerations with instruments in ignorant hands, the infecting material introduced on filthy hands and instruments, and the septic inflammations started in the now dry and tender passages and womb.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

3...6 Footnote 1 : (return) Mrs. A.T. Thomson, in her Memoirs of the Court of Henry the Eighth , says, "On the night of the Epiphany (1510), a pageant was introduced into the hall at Richmond, representing a hill studded with gold and precious stones, and having on its summit a tree of gold, from which hung roses and pomegranates.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 by Various

The Indians had ascended Rock River and halted opposite Rock Island, the women and children having been sent higher up the river in canoes.
— from Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the Journey by Willard W. Glazier

" The nightingale who thus, in 1845, filled to suffocation the walls of Drury, (a fact Mr Bunn may have difficulty to remember,) had a rural retreat at Highgate, where she received a motley company.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 by Various

"On the night of the Epiphany (1516) a pageant was introduced into the hall at Richmond, representing a hill studded with gold and precious stones, and having on its summit a tree of gold, from which hung roses and pomegranates.
— from Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by W. F. (William Francis) Dawson

"Oh, they'll be here all right," Roy assured her confidently.
— from The Outdoor Girls in Army Service; Or, Doing Their Bit for the Soldier Boys by Laura Lee Hope