There I found letters from General Grant, at Nashville, and General Banks, at New Orleans, concerning his (General Banks's) projected movement up Red River.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

By an order this day issued, you are to command a strong, well-appointed detachment of the Army of the Tennessee, sent to reinforce a movement up Red River, but more especially against the fortified position at Shreveport.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

I had a great deal of talk about my uncle Robert, [Robert Pepys of Brampton, eldest son of Thomas Pepys the red, and brother of Samuel’s father.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I make up regular romances in my dreams.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And even when I conceal it here," and, devoutly kissing the medal, Uncle Roland restored it to its ribbon and its resting-place, "and no eye sees it, its value is yet greater in the thought that my country has not degraded the old and true principles of honor, by paying the soldier who fought for her in the same coin as that in which you, Mr. Jack, sir, pay your bootmaker's bill.
— from The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 03 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Untruthfulness; the habit of gossiping about friends or acquaintances or divulging family privacies; sullenness and moroseness under reproof; rebellious and disrespectful expressions and conduct toward parents and teachers; indifference to the good opinion of sensible people, as shown by unusual and startling conduct in public places; all such things mark the undesirable associate for young girls.
— from Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls by Helen Ekin Starrett

THE BLACKBIRD She shall mend up Ragged Robin, now's his chance!
— from Chantecler: Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand

The paternal and maternal uncles receive Rs. 2/- each; the aunt and the elder sister also receive Rs. 1/- each as “niman” and “nao-puan-puk-man,” as among the Lushais.
— from The Lushei Kuki Clans by John Shakespear

"Then is our assault the more urgent," replied Rigby: "delay doth not increase her strength.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

The printed works can be taken out for home use by any resident of Malta, under reasonable restrictions, and even strangers are permitted this privilege, if they are properly introduced by any responsible citizen.
— from The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou

While the majority of general supplies just mentioned briefly may be arranged for as required and purchased from month to month upon regular requisitions, there are certain staple articles which are provided for in advance by contract.
— from The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas Curtis Clarke

Before attempting to prepare a new account of the Underground Railroad, from new materials, something should be said of previous works upon it, and especially of the seven books which deal specifically with the subject: The Underground Railroad , by the Rev. W. M. Mitchell; Underground Railroad Records , by William Still; The Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania , by R. C. Smedley; The Reminiscences of Levi Coffin ; Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad , by Eber M. Pettit; From Dixie to Canada , by H. U. Johnson; and Heroes in Homespun , by Ascott R. Hope (a nom de plume for Robert Hope Moncrieff).
— from The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history by Wilbur Henry Siebert

They hunt on the St. Peters, also on the Mississippi, up Rum river, and sometimes follow the buffalo on the plains.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike