" There was just one great event every day—the coming of the mail.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

His eternity and power are linked together as equally demonstrable (Rom. i. 20); God is called the God of gods El Elohim (Dan. xi. 36); the Mighty of mighties, whence all mighty persons have their activity and vigor: he is called the Lord of Hosts, as being the Creator and Conductor of the heavenly militia.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

The furious rains which beset the mountain in times of great eruptions excavate deep channels on its sides.
— from Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

The camps in the neighbourhood of Gallipoli extended every day, and with the augmentation of the allied forces, the privations to which the men were exposed became greater, the inefficiency of our arrangements more evident, and the comparative excellence of the French commissariat administration more striking.
— from The British Expedition to the Crimea by Russell, William Howard, Sir

Carnes, trained observer that he was, knew that in that one glance every essential detail which it had taken him an hour to place had been accurately noted and stored away in the doctor's mind.
— from Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various

Luther does not speak of any errors of his own, but of errors of others which they would endeavor to corroborate by quoting from his books—" post meam mortem multi meos libros proferrent in medium et inde omnis generis errores et deliria sua confirmabunt .
— from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente

The words denote the leader of a popular party, as opposed to an oligarchical party (see Thucyd. iii, 70; iv, 66; vi, 35), in a form of government either entirely democratical, or at least, in which the public assembly is frequently convoked and decides on many matters of importance.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

At Agrigentum there are three Doric temples, two small hexastyles, whose age may be about 500 to 480 B.C. , and one great exceptional example, differing in its arrangements from all the Grecian temples of 255 the age.
— from A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volume 1, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

Had we been the fortunate owner of such an uncommon fowl, one golden egg each day would have contented us!
— from Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern by Thomas Newbigging