There were disagreements and reconciliations, but the cup of unhappiness for Julie Herzl overflowed when Herzl became the official leader of a public movement.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

of John Haigh, of Whitwell Hall, co. York, and had issue.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

But when Bacchides knew that Jonathan had pitched his camp among the lakes of Jordan, he observed when their sabbath day came, and then assaulted him, [as supposing that he would not fight because of the law for resting on that day]: but he exhorted his companions [to fight]; and told them that their lives were at stake, since they were encompassed by the river, and by their enemies, and had no way to escape, for that their enemies pressed upon them from before, and the river was behind them.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

And it is precisely these Americans, and their business associates in the United States, who have gotten through Congress the legislation which enables them to give the Filipino just half of what he got ten years ago for his hemp, and other like legislation, and the Filipinos know it.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Philip in this case could not tell from Harry’s story exactly how much encouragement Laura had given him, nor what hopes he might justly have of winning her.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

We should see Thor, the thunderer, leading the Siebi, and Hara (Siva) the Indian Jove, his own worshippers (Sivseva); in which Freya, or Bhavani, and even the preserver (Krishna) himself, not unfrequently mingle.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Jerk him off; we haul in no cowards here.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

His mother, Louise Bentley, the girl who came into the world on that night when Jesse ran through the fields crying to God that he be given a son, had grown to womanhood on the farm and had married young John Hardy of Winesburg, who became a banker.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

Just hold out while I fix the derbies.”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

"But the lady, Mr. Capel, whom we saw you conversing with not long since in the Park; one Marie—Marie, something?" "The name of such a person as Marie Deschamps should not sully Miss Hervey's lips, even in jest, ha!—" o wonder he stopped abruptly, and turned round with quick alarm.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.—April, 1852.—Vol. IV. None by Various

I did just have one word, promiscuous, with Sarah French, after he was gone.
— from He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

Mr. Johnston, his opponent, was a secessionist, but neither popular nor a soldier, and comparatively but little known to the mass of the people, except in his own immediate section of the State.
— from School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time by John W. (John Wheeler) Moore

San Miniato would soon take up his own life of amusement by day and night, in his own fashion, and Beatrice on her side would form her own friendships and her own ties as best pleased her, subject only to occasional interference from the Count, when he chanced to be in a jealous humour, or when it happened that Beatrice was growing intimate with some lady who had once known him too well.
— from The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

The news he had just heard of Wilkinson's changed attitude, and the prospect of his own arrest, left him in a state of mind not favorable to playing the capricious game of flirtation, with pen or tongue.
— from A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable

God will save and carry Jerusalem His own way, paying no heed to such.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 1 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

The chair which the judge had occupied was now tenanted by an abolition preacher.
— from Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyn) Edmonds

Was it true that Lois had come back to Indiana in the hope of effecting a reconciliation with Jack Holton, of whom
— from Otherwise Phyllis by Meredith Nicholson

Joseph Henry, of Washington, D.C., in 1831 signaled through an electrical circuit a mile in length.
— from Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy