As a discoverer of the old school Bering's principal object was to determine some elementary geographical facts: namely, the distribution of land and water along the new coast, and hence he left Kayak Island, not to reach Avacha as soon as possible, but to follow the coast of the newly discovered country toward the west and north.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

And outside, though they knew it not, the red and white pennon was still flying from the roof of the mill-house of Sarria, and on the hills to the south, through the white sun-glare, flickered at intervals an answering signal.
— from The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Even on account of sureties entered into or debts incurred, the keeper is not to retain any such against her will, at the risk of losing his permit, and the police are charged to give every assistance.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger