If, for example, wandering tribes, without the least tincture of civilization, lived entirely by hunting and fishing, they might well suppose that the appearance of their necessary food was the result of some accident which admitted of no explanation.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle
At length, exhausted by hunger and fatigue, their strength failed them, and they sunk down helpless and forlorn.
— from Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler
(The reason, sir, I can speak the names so pat is that my father learnt 'em by heart afterwards from the trumpeter, who was always talking about Mayorga and Rueda and Bennyventy.)
— from Wandering Heath by Arthur Quiller-Couch
'—The reason, sir, I can speak the names so pat, is that my father learnt 'em by heart afterward from the trumpeter, who was always talking about Mayorga and Rueda and Bennyventy.
— from The Roll-Call Of The Reef by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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