In default of other amusement some of the inhabitants interested themselves in the Dutch snipers, and began to grow so familiar with them that they resorted to the primeval mode of christening, that of designating each individual by his personal attributes.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

There was a time, it is true, when the old dualistic principle was supreme, when mind and body were regarded as two distinct essences, formed and developed by entirely different agencies, and adapted to each other for a time by some intelligent power distinct from and superior to both; but as regards the present time, of which Dr. Maudsley is here speaking, we do not hesitate to state (if we may take the writer as a fair representative of his class) that the metaphysical psychologists, who disdain physiological facts, are neither half so numerous nor so bigoted as the physiological psychologists, who pour contempt on psychological science, without ever having acquainted themselves with its results, and do not hesitate to express their disdain for the testimony of consciousness, the only direct evidence we can ever possess in psychical matters.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

And as it turned out in the evening, when the other children, tired of doing every sort of mischief in the house, were beginning to feel wearied and hungry, Louisa rushed in again, took them by the hand, and led them to their grandfather's house.
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland

The introduction of steam fire-engines has in part done away with this, though even they often have [p.178] a man to run before and clear the way; but in smaller places, of course, the old danger exists.
— from How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by William Blaikie

We command that no public official of any authority shall presume to enter the lands of this monastery ... for the purpose of hearing cases, of seizing securities, of collecting taxes, of demanding entertainment, or of extorting tolls from cities or markets; nor shall he presume to exact any taxes or payments whatever, but the monks shall rule and possess, both in our time and in the future, all the property of this monastery in all places and lands, where they have possessions, as aforesaid, without being subject to the entrance of officials or to exactions on the part of the royal treasury.... 192.
— from A Source Book for Mediæval History Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age by Oliver J. (Oliver Joseph) Thatcher

The miller of Old Church; the Old Dominion edition of the works of Ellen Glasgow.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1960 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Other Camps The old Down East "coal cabin" embodied the principle of the Indian camp.
— from Woodcraft and Camping by George Washington Sears

I am supposing that in both cases the lamps require the same quantity of current, though of different E.M.F. Safety fuses.
— from Wrinkles in Electric Lighting by Vincent Stephen