E. Johnston's army at Dalton, giving its strength anywhere between forty and fifty thousand men, and these were being reenforced by troops from Mississippi, and by the Georgia militia, under General G. W. Smith.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Maternal uncle, guardian, guest, and boarder of Madame du Bousquier— nee Cormon—of Alencon; he died in 1819, almost blind, and strangely depressed by his niece's recent marriage.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

However, Fortune was so kind as to send me this young gentleman, a youth of remarkably sound ideas, Sir George; his conception of the ethics of music, for instance—" My uncle George glanced at me, stared, uttered an unintelligible sound and fell back, gaping.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

Every newspaper teems with projects for the amelioration of our working classes, and the land is full of farming societies, temperance unions, and a hundred other Peter Purcellisms, to improve its social condition; the charge to make us “Great, glorious, and free,” remaining with that estimable and irreproachable individual who tumbles in Lower Abbey-street.
— from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever

From my soul I wish that all other governors would copy such an amiable example of imitation; he does not, like most others gripe and squeeze to accumulate a fortune; on the contrary, he derives no profit to himself from anything, but, with the most unexampled generosity, gives all places and commissions gratis to the most deserving, nor suffers his officers to take any fees at present.
— from History of Halifax City by Thomas B. Akins

Having conveyed his wounded to a hospital in Charlotte, which his foresight had provided, Major Davie hastened to the general rendezvous at Rugely's Mill, under General Gates.
— from Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published by C. L. Hunter

What are all those silks, and delaines, and calicoes, ticketed up that way for?—“Superb,” “Tasty,” “Beautiful,” “Desirable,” “Cheap for 1 s. ,” “Modest,” “Unique,” “Genteel,” “Grand,” “Gay!”
— from Fern Leaves from Fanny's Port-folio. Second Series by Fanny Fern

“There are about thirty thousand men under General Viale in and around Monteleone; there are twelve thousand at Bagnara, and the towns between it and Reggio, where there are but fifteen hundred men under General Galotta; eighteen hundred men are in Aspromonte, in pursuit of Missori, who has now about eight hundred men with him.”
— from Out with Garibaldi: A story of the liberation of Italy by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Training children to do their best and then not to worry would not only improve the health of many upper grammar grade and high school children, but would also improve their work.
— from How to Teach by Naomi Norsworthy

On that same self-same festival, in a northern land, under a gray and clouded sky, in the heart of a city most unlike gay, garden-hued, out-of-door Madrid, we have spent the long hours over these resurrected dramas, and the spell of both the poets is still upon us, as we unite together, in dutiful juxtaposition, the names of Calderon and Mac-Carthy.
— from The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

When I am going to a City dinner my own children show a lively interest to know the [Pg 241] name of the Company, and if I name the Skinners' Guild their interest culminates in uproarious delight; but if I mention any other, most uncomplimentary groans greet the announcement, for the guests of the Company to which I refer can choose either to take or have sent to them a huge box of the choicest sweetmeats when the entertainment is over.
— from The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss