He established a mission at Oswegatchie (Ogdensburg) which was known as La Presentation , and which became virtually a military outpost of Fort Frontenac.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

The princely Warwick, and the Nevils all, Whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vain, As hating thee, are rising up in arms; And now the house of York- thrust from the crown By shameful murder of a guiltless king And lofty proud encroaching tyranny- Burns with revenging fire, whose hopeful colours Advance our half-fac'd sun, striving to shine, Under the which is writ 'Invitis nubibus.'
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Do you know any later poets who made use of the verse forms which they introduced?
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Kingdom and lordship, power and estate, are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both; the sum total of both is the same.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

You know all, Lord Pandarus.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The stewardess pulled a green shade over the light and sat down by the stove, her skirt turned back over her knees, a long piece of knitting on her lap.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

In the meantime the Chickasaw, learning of the intended move, posted themselves on both sides of Cumberland river, above the mouth of Harpeth, with canoes to cut off escape by water, and suddenly attacked the retreating Shawano, killing a large part of them, together with the trader, and taking all their skins, trading goods, and other property.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

It was a very small room, overcrowded with furniture of the style which the French know as Louis Philippe.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

"Well, then, I know a little place in Switzerland where one can still get away from the crowd, and we can sit and look at a green water-fall while I lie in wait for adjectives."
— from The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

[Pg 220] in his darkest days, and when his children lived in exile at Innsbrück, they found a kind and loving protector in the empress during the few remaining years of her life.
— from Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Cartwright

All titled persons, knights, and landed proprietors, belonged to the nobility.
— from Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades by Emily Sarah Holt

The Kûrma and Linga Purânas enumerate seven principal winds of that name, which winds are the principles of Cosmic Space.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

The considered judgment was clear and definite: Rather than countenance the King’s divorce from Queen Catherine, or admit bigamy as lawful, the Roman Church was prepared to see the falling away of the King and larger portion of the realm.
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

The Abbé Harvard speaks of a remarkable monolith known as la pierre du champ dolent , and another champ dolent is met with near Rheims, whilst a group of monuments near Tréhontereuc is called the jardin des tombes , and the upright stones of Auvergne are known by the characteristic name of the plourouses .
— from Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de

I haven't got any mother, you know;" and Laurie poked the fire to hide a little twitching of the lips that he could not control.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The English residents in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are among the most kind and liberal people in the world.
— from Life and Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Railroads by Anna Harriette Leonowens

But so many labourers and labouring women were continually in and out of the kitchen at Lucketts' Place that I had an opportunity of gathering these items from Mrs. Luckett and Cicely.
— from Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies

And is it an accurate reproduction of the known and latent prints which were earlier introduced into evidence?
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission