I walked on Shore all this evening with a view to Kill a Goat or Some Prarie Dogs in the evening after the boat landed, I Derected my Servent York with me to kill a Buffalow near the boat from a numbr.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

For some days we saw a large number of aquatic birds with webbed feet, known as gulls or sea mews.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

‘I am happy to know a gentleman of such great distinction,’ said Nicholas, politely.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

of Wm. Mills, of Cordoxtown, co. Kildare, and granddaughter of Sir John Dillon, Bart.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

" King Guthrum smiled a little, And said, "It is enough, Nephew, let Elf retune the string; A boy must needs like bellowing, But the old ears of a careful king Are glad of songs less rough.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

“I have always wanted to know a grand opera singer,” she said.
— from The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Katherine Stokes

Application was made to the City by the lords of the council, at first verbally, afterwards by letter, for a loan of £100,000, and a deputation was ordered to wait upon the king at Greenwich on Sunday, the 25th June, with the City's answer.
— from London and the Kingdom - Volume 2 A History Derived Mainly from the Archives at Guildhall in the Custody of the Corporation of the City of London. by Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson) Sharpe

Some substances kill bacteria, and they are known as germicides ; other substances prevent their development and resulting septic 323 action, and these are termed antiseptics .
— from Bacteria Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public health by Newman, George, Sir

The kindness and gentleness of such an uncommon person so affected Maslova that she gave herself up to her with her whole soul, unconsciously acquired her glance and involuntarily imitated her in everything.
— from The Awakening (The Resurrection) by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

These, in the regular pay of the crown, gave the king a guarantee of support without the aid of his nobles.
— from Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam

In a.d. 1684, at the request of the inhabitants of that city Abdúr Rahmán Krori, the governor of Deva Pátan, was removed and in his place Muhammad Sayad chose Sardár Khán as governor of Sorath.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT Paflagonia, ten or twenty thousand years ago, appears to have been one of those kingdoms where the laws of succession were not settled; for when King Savio died, leaving his brother Regent of the kingdom, and guardian of Savio’s orphan infant, this unfaithful regent took no sort of regard of the late monarch’s will; had himself proclaimed sovereign of Paflagonia under the title of King Valoroso XXIV., had a most splendid coronation, and ordered all the nobles of the kingdom to pay him homage.
— from The Rose and the Ring by William Makepeace Thackeray

There is much talk of knockings and groanings, of sounds like footsteps, rustling silks, falling coals, breaking bottles, and moving latches; allusion is made to the badger like and rabbit like apparition; and there is mention of a peculiar dancing of father's "trencher" without "anybody's stirring the table"; but the sum total makes very tame reading compared with the material to be found in the accounts written in after years and commonly utilized—as it has been utilized here—to form the narrative of the haunting.
— from Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

" "But he managed to escape after all, you say?" asked Phil, who had some difficulty in keeping a grin of satisfaction from showing on his face; for the idea of these seven stalwart men chasing one puny little chap was pretty close to ridiculous in his eyes.
— from Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by St. George Rathborne

Lastly, she held herself very upright, and was knitting a garment of some kind.
— from Youth by Tolstoy, Leo, graf