And indeed, had it not been for these pillars, the sufferers, these burden-bearers in the church, our house in the forest of Lebanon, or, more properly, our church in the wilderness, had before this been but in a poor condition.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

[Footnote 146: These geographical notices are inexplicable, unless by Chialon is meant the low or maritime parts of Ceylon, which Cesar Frederick afterwards calls Zeilan.--E.]
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

They were rather startled and alarmed when I laid out my plan of campaign.
— from Masques & Phases by Robert Baldwin Ross

“During the war a lot of messages passed our censors as perfectly innocent and harmless and yet they were of the utmost importance—they were so frank and simple we overshot the mark.”
— from The Radio Detectives by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

The polished hatchet is frequently figured, and often with a handle, and is the emblem of labor, or, more probably, of combat.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899 Volume LIV, No. 4, February 1899 by Various

dely the localities of maximum precipitation or concentrate them within extremely narrow limits.
— from The Andes of Southern Peru Geographical Reconnaissance along the Seventy-Third Meridian by Isaiah Bowman

“So it was a regular plot—a kind of conspiracy?” “Oh, a conspiracy—we were only two,” I replied, leaving out Mrs. Prest of course.
— from The Aspern Papers by Henry James

Could he but reach the frontier with his stolen passes he would be comparatively safe, for the rugged mountains of Lutha offered many places of concealment, and, too, there were few Luthanians who did not hate Peter of Blentz most cordially—among the men of the mountains at least.
— from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs

AN EVANGELIST H is private business was lard, which he bought for the rise and sold for the fall—being a bull or a bear without prejudice—and with a success so distinguished that his name was mentioned in highly complimentary terms on the American market When the famous lard corner of 1887 had been wound up, and every man had counted his gains (or losses), old man Perkins, of Chicago, did justice to his chief opponent, like the operator of honour that he was.
— from Afterwards, and Other Stories by Ian Maclaren