For empty sound the rascal swore he Existence would not make a curse, Knew not an iamb from a choree,
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Magician; and Chang Kuo, 294 – 295 Yellow Flying Tiger .
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

MACREADY AND CHARLES KEAN.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various

They seem to have been composed of much the same kind of lawless materials that formed the daring crews of the buccanier Morgan and Captain Kydd in more recent times.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

Two years afterwards he obtained a slightly better appointment of the same kind at Denino, still pursuing his academical studies, gathering, as is evident from his own memoranda, a considerable knowledge of men and things, and forming friendships that proved life-long.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

He was the eldest son of inspector Corley of the G division, lately deceased, who had married a certain Katherine Brophy, the daughter of a Louth farmer.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Thus he obtained much minute and correct knowledge, which he would scarcely have acquired by other means, and which he afterward turned to admirable account in the improvement of his own country.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

In that year the printing-office is removed to "the house of Mr. A. Cameron, King Street," and it is added, "subscriptions will be received there and at the Toronto Coffee House, York."
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Meet me at Columbus, Kentucky, on Thursday next.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

The poor are regularly fed in municipal and communal kitchens.
— from Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau

One of the best illustrations of these peculiarities is the church of Moné tés Choras at Constantinople, now converted into a mosque and called Kahriyeh Djamisi.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

She wanted to ask more about Captain Kidd, but her acquaintance with boys was as slight as with dogs.
— from Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

There were no Mrs. Mainwarings and Captain Keiths with them at York, and she never felt less like a Vanity girl than when she heard the crowd cheering Moonbeam's victory—he was by now a popular horse—and looked round proudly at her party; at Uncle Chat with Paignton and Charlie Fanhope; at Bella and Connie, both bright red with joy; at Arthur and Sylvia Lonsdale, and at Miss Horatia Lonsdale, a delightful aunt who was helping Dorothy chaperon the girls, an easy enough task as regards Bella and Connie and not very difficult as regards her niece.
— from The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie

And the authorities reported to Rome that here was a young fanatic, whom many believed to be the Messiah and coming King of the Jews, who had thousands of followers all over the land.
— from Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master by William Walker Atkinson

But I never make a capital K like that.
— from Quarter-Back Bates by Ralph Henry Barbour

In the mid way from the monasterie to Ierusalem is the place where Iohn Baptist was borne, being now an olde monasterie, and cattell kept in it.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

The lisle he could see All the way to her knee, And he followed her almost a misle. –––––––––– A Cannibal King saw his Mrs. Kissing a guard called Ulrs.
— from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920 America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy by Various

she lifted her face up to me, a curious kindling light in her eyes ... of a phosphorescent, greenish lustre, like those chance gleams in a cat's eyes you catch at night....
— from Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp

The hardships of that winter are detailed in the journals of General Murray and Captain Knox.
— from Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France by Claude Glennon Bryan