But one glance into the swirling snow-storm deterred her, and making the best of the alarming situation, she closed the door, but did not lock it, being more afraid now of what was inside the house than of anything left to threaten her from without.
— from Midnight In Beauchamp Row 1895 by Anna Katharine Green

These sweat holes are much in favor with the Labrador Indians, both Mountaineers and Nascaupees.
— from The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

The average number of variations per leg in both muscles and nerves was 11 in T. pallidicinctus , nine in T. cupido , and 16 in Pedioecetes .
— from Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes) by E. Bruce Holmes

This young General Savary was not in the least impressed by my aristocratic name, but he jotted it down in his notebook.
— from Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire by Arthur Conan Doyle

Such was the last interview between Macdonald and Napoleon.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

This list includes both military and nonmilitary personnel who were involved with the TRINITY operation and postshot activities.
— from Project Trinity, 1945-1946 by Carl R. Maag

As a judge, he had administered the law impartially between Mormon and non-Mormon; and this was none too common in the civic history of the Mormon Church.
— from Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson

"I laid in bed many a night and looked up through the cracks in the roof.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by United States. Work Projects Administration