A while after Harald's strength began to fail, at which his men were very melancholy and cast down; all which was news to the castle-men.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The point motors are connected direct to the points; but between a signal motor and its arm there is an "electric slot," consisting of a powerful electro-magnet which forms a link in the rod work.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

I saw that the excellence of this kind consisted in just and acute observations on men and manners in an artificial state of society, as its matter and substance; and in the logic of wit, conveyed in smooth and strong epigrammatic couplets, as its form: that even when the subject was addressed to the fancy, or the intellect, as in the Rape of the Lock, or the Essay on Man; nay, when it was a consecutive narration, as in that astonishing product of matchless talent and ingenuity Pope's Translation of the Iliad; still a point was looked for at the end of each second line, and the whole was, as it were, a sorites, or, if I may exchange a logical for a grammatical metaphor, a conjunction disjunctive, of epigrams.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

the country from fort Mandan to this place is so constantly hunted by the Minetaries that there is but little game we halted at two P.M. and made a comfortable dinner on a venison stake and beavers tales with the bisquit which got wet on the 8th inst. by the accidant of the canoe filling with water before mentioned.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

-du a conquered people or land that is subjugated and made a colony. -dur(→) n one who conquers a land or people.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

they informed us that the Elk had all gorn off to the mountains a considerable distance from us.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

And the disciples of all bibles had a mode of doing away with the immoral teachings, and concealing the worst features of their sacred books by bestowing on them a spiritual meaning, as Christians do theirs, thus dressing up error in the guise of truth.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking—the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement, has united all the inhabitants of the Islands.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

In addition to his military and civil distinction he acquired that of being the most delightful companion in the colony.
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark

Douglas spirea also makes a colorful display here.
— from Lassen Trails: A Brief Guide to the Trails of Lassen Volcanic National Park by Stephen Halsey Matteson

All the males are carefully draped in appropriate girdles, although in some a grotesque or other ornament, such as a human or bestial head, a flower, etc., is attached to the apron or "fall" of the girdle, resembling the sporran of the Highlander and the codpiece of mediæval knights and others.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

26 The Emperor was exceedingly pleased with the music, and commissioned Da Ponte to prepare Italian words for it upon the occasion of the marriage of the Archduke Francis with the Princess Elizabeth.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

Leicester Fields was in 1680 the name of that part of London now known as Leicester Square, and the removal of their school from this central position to the village of Chelsea, at two miles distance, must have made a considerable difference in the lives of the young gentlewomen who had been confided to the care of Mr. Josias Priest.
— from The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 985, November 12, 1898 by Various

"If Mr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank of living English writers by 'The Refugees,' and other of his larger stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales.
— from Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City: His Progress and Adventures by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

She took a very lively interest in the Indian race, and their manners and customs, doubtless with views of benevolence for them as a peculiar race of man, but also as a fine subject of artistic observation.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

As I stood on the road watching the contested field, passed me a cart driven by a French soldier prisoner of war.
— from A Captive at Carlsruhe and Other German Prison Camps by Joseph Lee

I allow, so truth shall stand at last, And gain fresh glory by the conflict past— As Solway-Moss (a barren mass and cold, Death to the seed, and poison to the fold,)
— from George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) by George Crabbe