Bernick (looking at the telegram again): These gentlemen think nothing of risking eight men's lives-- Hilmar:
— from Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen

A number of revolver enthusiasts met in Conlin’s shooting gallery, New York City, in February, 1900, and issued a call to the revolver shots of the country, inviting them to join in forming a national revolver association at a meeting called at Conlin’s gallery, March 5, 1900.
— from Pistol and Revolver Shooting by A. L. A. (Abraham Lincoln Artman) Himmelwright

"Maybe it's news of Rob," exclaimed Merritt.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Range by John Henry Goldfrap

It is true that many of them undoubtedly hold large numbers of real estate mortgages as securities for loans, and that much of the property thus represented is now in ashes.
— from The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire by Charles Morris

But the great number of ropes excited my admiration.
— from Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

It refers to his duties during the Franco-German War, and runs as follows: "The irritation of the Germans against England, and the number of roving Englishmen, made his duty not an easy one, but he was well qualified for it by his tact and geniality, and his action met with the full approval of the Government."
— from My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

The Rector, quick to note opposition, repeated emphatically: “More than surprised; in fact, I think there must be some mistake.”
— from The Country House by John Galsworthy

The largest number of runs ever made by a club in a game was by the Niagara Club of Buffalo, N. Y., June 8th, 1869, when they defeated the Columbias of that city by the remarkable score of 209 to 10, two of the Niagaras scoring twenty-five runs each, and the least number of runs, scored by any one batsman amounted to twenty.
— from A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson by Adrian Constantine Anson

Under Tudor and Stuart rule the history of the country is a long story of faction and feud among the chiefs and nobles, of rebellions, expeditions, massacres, and confiscations.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall