Speak in rotation from Bald Knob around to the east, north, west."
— from Armageddon—2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan

"We advise all men," says Bacon, "to think of the true ends of knowledge, and that they endeavor not after it for curiosity, contention, or the sake of despising others, nor yet for reputation or power or any other such inferior consideration, but solely for the occasions and uses of life."
— from Bill's School and Mine: A Collection of Essays on Education by William S. (William Suddards) Franklin

Then the king was angry, and he ordered that watch should be kept about the tree every night.
— from Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

It is not alone that increasing numbers, strength, and influence make for the glory of the Association itself; the most successful bodies of this kind are those that exalt, not themselves but the professions, localities or ideals that they represent.
— from A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore) Bostwick

One address was sent to the king; another to the English nation; and another to the people of Canada.
— from History of the United States by John Clark Ridpath