So far as a mind is disciplined, control of method in a given subject has been attained so that the mind is able to manage itself independently without external tutelage.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

It was late in the afternoon when we left the palm-groves, and though we travelled over twenty miles in distance could only make twelve good from last camp.
— from Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876 by Ernest Giles

This letter was addressed to the editors of the Mississippian , a newspaper published at Jackson, Mississippi, and was received by me in due course of mail.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

It reached me in due course of mail and I intended replying to it immediately, but checkered health and a crowd of company interposed and prevented me that pleasure until now.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

So, with the reek of burning wool rising behind me, I did carry on, making plausible gestures intended to convey the idea that the bit of comedy was just a humorous piece of by-play of my own.
— from Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

Rub the butter in with the flour until it is crumbled into very small pieces, make a bay in the centre of the flour, pour in the water or milk, make it into a dough, and break it when made into dough, chaff or mould up the required size, 4 or 5 ozs.
— from The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant Including a Large Variety of Modern Recipes by Robert Wells

The Marmots inhabit different chains of mountains in Europe, Asia and North America.
— from A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes including mammals, birds and fishes by Phebe Westcott Humphreys

—A male is deemed capable of marriage at 14 years and a female at 12 years, but for all minors under 21 years parental consent is required.
— from Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose

"Subbose I hat peen foolish enough to pud my money in dot cap oof mine?
— from Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under The Amazon by Stanley R. Matthews