And if she mary on who is noe gentleman, then she to be clearly exempted from the former conclusion."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Some of the pews are narrow and hard to get into—a struggle has to be made before you can fairly take possession; others are broader and easier to enter: a few are very capacious and might be legitimately licensed to carry a dozen inside with safety; nearly all or them are lined with green baize, much of which is now getting into the sere and yellow leaf period of life; many of them are well-cushioned—green being the favourite colour; and in about the same number Brussels carpets may be found.
— from Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

This ram-baiting appears to have taken its origin from a usage connected with the Manor of Wrotham in Norfolk, given to the College by the founder.
— from Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College by Ralph Nevill

De Soto, after his two years wandering among the everglades of Florida and the swamps and mountains of what is now Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, arrived on the bank of the "Great [Pg 126] river" in 1541, "but founded no settlement, left no traces, and produced no effects, unless to excite the hostility of the red against the white man."
— from The History of Peru by Henry S. Beebe

And if she mary one who is noe gentleman, then she to be clearly exempted from the former conclusion."
— from Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

The original castle or fortress covered an extensive area of over six acres, most of which is now given over to sheep-raising or to the cultivation of fruit trees.
— from The Country of Sir Walter Scott by Charles S. (Charles Sumner) Olcott

And let us see whether a mass of wickedness is not generated also in the present case.
— from The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I by Thomas Clarkson

But you, my dear fellow-countrymen, we are all thinking with one mind on what is now going on about us.
— from New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915, With Index by Various

The arguer accomplishes this task, first, by defining all words the meaning of which is not generally comprehended; secondly, by explaining, in the light of these definitions, the meaning of the proposition taken as a whole; thirdly, by discovering the issues through a careful process of analysis; and fourthly, by making a partition when he is engaged in debate and has reason to think that the audience will not see the connection between the issues and the discussion.
— from Practical Argumentation by George K. (George Kynett) Pattee

"You thought it strange," he continued, "that I did not demand satisfaction from that drunken idiot R——. You will admit, however, that having the choice of weapons, his life was in my hands, while my own was in no great danger.
— from The Prose Tales of Alexander Pushkin by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin