Leidre or Leire, at the end of Isefjord, in the county of Lithraborg, is considered the oldest royal seat in Denmark.
— from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

"Congress, in pursuance of this feeling, has not been unmindful of Anderson's heroic defense of Fort Sumter, of Farragut's capture of New Orleans, of Rawlins, etc., of Stanton, and of Lincoln, in conferring tokens of recognition for their services upon the families who survived them.
— from A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland by Sarah Ellen Blackwell

They managed to acquire a number of long knives, and employed their leisure in cutting thongs of raw hide, and in fixing to each end of the thongs the double-headed shot of the quarter-deck guns, which when swung round their heads, became powerful weapons.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper

Young Lady ( in Contralto tones of remarkable depth and richness ).
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various

“O certainly,” said Lovel; “I cannot think of relinquishing a plan so hopeful.”
— from The Antiquary — Complete by Walter Scott

At last I came to one roughly drawn out in Carvalho’s writing: it was a plan to be submitted to the King for abolishing your whole order throughout the kingdom.
— from The Prime Minister by William Henry Giles Kingston

You may be too late in coming to our relief or you may not come at all though I do not doubt you will come—and they may trample us under foot; they may convert our plains into graveyards, and the caves of our mountains into sepulchers; but they will never take us out of this Union, or make us a land of slaves—no, never!
— from The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick

Happily for the poor women, the husbands do not generally beat them so as to imperil their lives, in case their own relatives reside in the vicinity, lest the excru 9 ciating screams of the suffering should reach the ears of her parents and bring the husband into disgrace.
— from The Women of the Arabs by Henry Harris Jessup

I am burning with impatience to be in it; for though we are extremely comfortable with the good Sisters of Charity, who are truly sisters to us, we nevertheless long to be at home, where we can live in conformity to our rule and customs.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various