a fine morning wind from the N E I walked on Shore & killed a Deer in my walk I saw a fresh track which I took to be an Indian from the Shape of the foot as the toes turned in, I think it probable that this Indian Spied our fires and Came to a Situation to view us from the top of a Small knob on the Lard Side.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

16 Iroquois , peace embassies of 109 , 352 , 353 – 356 , 365 , 367 – 370 , 485 – 488 , 491 – 494 Iroquois , peace towns among 208 Iroquois , sketch of 483 – 485 Iroquois , study of fraternities and cults of xlvii Irrigation by inhabitants of Pueblo Viejo xv Irving on De Soto’s route 193 , 195 , 198 Ish, John , killing of 77 Iskagua , change of name by 69
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Its basis or groundwork was of most pure and limpid alabaster, and its height somewhat more than three spans, being a regular heptagon on the outside, with its stylobates or footsteps, arulets, cymasults or blunt tops, and Doric undulations about it.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

" True, the Understanding is shut out from any consideration of the forms of thought; but man is not simply or mainly an Understanding.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Thou seest all is safe, our fleet and comrades are restored.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

A certain number, Though thanks to all, must I select from all; the rest Shall bear the business in some other fight, As cause will be obey'd.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Feverish railroad building and ever more speculation in railway shares led to a mad gamble in land, where individual soldiers of fortune and companies netted immense fortunes and even entire counties.
— from The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg

An Irish girl, Annie, is superb in its suggestion of form and colour.
— from Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker

But they soon returned in such overwhelming force as compelled the Christians to retreat and take refuge within their works.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

I put on my bonnet, in a frenzy of rage with him; I sent out for a carriage, and told the man to take me where he liked.
— from Armadale by Wilkie Collins

After that I set out for a convent of nuns of the third order of Saint Francis, which was occupied by some sick soldiers, and by prisoners who were placed here temporarily until a sufficient number were collected to form a convoy and be sent to Chantilly.
— from Prison Journals During the French Revolution by Duras, Louise Henriette Charlotte Philippine (de Noailles) de Durfort, duchesse de

I sent out for a cab, and was late for dinner.
— from The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

Shall I send out for a cab?" he asked.
— from The Tinted Venus: A Farcical Romance by F. Anstey

Her sister's death, the fearful state of the country, protracted sickness among her children, and her own frequent ill-turns and increasing sense of feebleness, all conspired to produce this effect.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss