The infuriated beetle cleared the mound, and crawled under leaves and sticks to sweep off his clinging enemies, and finally seemed to escape them by burying himself in the earth.
— from Fresh Fields by John Burroughs

He was not aware of the full strength of his enemy, but he was not sure of annihilating even those he believed to be in presence, for he had left ten thousand men at Charleroi, under Lobau, as a reserve, and the troops most available for strengthening his line were moving toward Quatre Bras.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

Abbreviations for feather tracts in which downs were found: ca, capital; h, humeral; a, alar; d, d´, dorsal; cr, crural; v, ventral. PLATE 6 An aerial view of the marshes at Chadwick (upper left) and Lavallette (lower left).
— from Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen Everett Woolfenden

Now every Association must needs, of course, have wardens or masters; it must needs elect to those posts of dignity and responsibility such men as could understand law and maintain their privileges if necessary before the dread Sovereign, his Highness the King.
— from As We Are and As We May Be by Walter Besant

Thursday, which would ordinarily have seen a hard practice in preparation for Mount Millard, was very nearly a wasted day, for a hard rain set in about mid-morning and continued until long after dark.
— from Right Tackle Todd by Ralph Henry Barbour