This horse came from Kathiawar, and is now about twenty years old.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

"Anybody know about it?" "Not a soul but you."
— from Ann Arbor Tales by Karl Edwin Harriman

This being continued for six months, there were killed an incredible number; and yet all this could not exterminate and destroy the race, or scarce diminish them; their number appearing almost as large as before.
— from The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by A. O. (Alexandre Olivier) Exquemelin

[110] This is quite right, Kühleborn appearing, if not as destiny itself, at least as its appointed instrument.
— from History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe by H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland) Edwards

Those most clearly defined are:— In Europe, the Laplanders (or Lapps), and the Samoiedes; In Asia, the Ostiaks, Yakouts, and Kamtschatdales; and, In North America, the Eskimos (or Esquimaux).
— from The Desert World by Arthur Mangin

But Clara avoided his embrace, saying earnestly to him, 'not this evening, dear Kippenbrock, all is not as it should be.'
— from Tales from the German. Volume II. by C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde

Kaeloikamalama, a i ninau ae ia oe, alaila, hai aku oe, he kama oe na laua, a i ninau mai
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

And he kept at it nearly all the time, I reckon.
— from Once to Every Man by Larry Evans

They tried to keep alive, in new and strange forms, what had been provisional and was now obsolete, while they trampled under foot what was eternal and Divine.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles by Alfred Plummer

[ 30 ] “Young man,” he said, “I was your father’s friend: I wish you to consider me yours.” “You seem to have known my father well,” said Crisóstomo ; “perhaps you can tell me something of his death.” “You do not know about it?” “Nothing at all, and Don Santiago would not talk with me till to-morrow.”
— from An Eagle Flight: A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

In the period between 1870 and 1880 observations were made by Schneider, Strasburger, Bütschli, Fol, van Beneden and Flemming, which showed that the division of the nucleus and the cell was due to a series of very remarkable changes, now known as indirect nuclear and cell division, or karyokinesis.
— from The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900 by Various