These were arrested and kept under guard; but he released the envoys from the Sinopeans, 478 because these people had no share in the commonwealth of the Greeks; and as they were in subjection to the Persians, they did not seem to be doing anything unreasonable in going on an embassy to their own king.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

because that was the most absurd name we could think of for a man who was as intensely masculine as he. Nicknames, like dreams, you know, usually go by contraries.
— from The Red Fox's Son: A Romance of Bharbazonia by Edgar M. (Edgar Meck) Dilley

Of the Bhūtas, the best known are Brahmeru, Kodamanitaya, Kukkintaya, Jumadi, Sarlu Jumadi, Pancha Jumadi, Rakteswari, Panjurli, Kuppe Panjurli, Rakta Panjurli, Urundarayya, Hosadēvata (or Hosa Bhūta), Dēvanajiri, Kalkutta, Ukkatiri, Gulige, Bobbariya, Nicha, Duggalaya, Mahisandaya, Varte, Chāmundi, Baiderukulu, Okkuballala, and Oditaya.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

the 16th August, 1880, I was one of the Party ordered out for the storming of Deh Khoja, under General Brooke .
— from Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Late Brigadier-General Commanding 2nd Infantry Brigade, Kandahar Field Force, Southern Afghanistan, from April 22nd to August 16th, 1880 by Henry Francis Brooke

2. Kenneth, Lieutenant 21st Regiment, who was killed under General Burgoyne at Saratoga, unmarried, in September 1777.
— from History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie

The ——est balances must be kept under glass, because so ——ly adjusted as to be —— to a film of dust or a breath of air.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

This one he kept under guard both at home and at the works so that her instruments could not be tampered with and her fliers could not get into such dangerous situations as that stormy night when the compass had played them false because the needle hand had been deflected.
— from Airplane Boys at Platinum River by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine

On the contrary, it is they that keep us going; but we have with the concierge a little bill of a hundred and twenty-five francs for postage-stamps, a month’s gas bill, and other little things.
— from The Nabob by Alphonse Daudet

Well, if you won't sell your mill, you must enlarge it on a scale that will enable you to keep us going, besides coping with your other orders.
— from Carmen's Messenger by Harold Bindloss