Perhaps, however, the existence of such a feeling in the recesses of his breast may be detected in the prominent manner in which he brings forward the discouragement he experienced when the first volume of his history was published, and the extremely limited sale it met with for some time after its first appearance.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 407, September, 1849 by Various

Some members of the Church now sometimes take Their turns in preaching, and the elder Luth Shares Pastoral duty for his Master's sake.
— from The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd

I went to the weekly evening party at the Elysée last Saturday.
— from Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 by Newton, Thomas Wodehouse Legh, Baron

With blankets spread on the level space thus provided, with the extra-heavy top and side curtains in place, and the electric light switched on, tourists had a refuge cleaner than a country hotel and safer than a tent....
— from The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis

Being advised to postpone the execution of this plan and to employ less severe measures meanwhile, he issued the Exportation Law of 1843, ordering the expulsion of Jews from the fifty-vyerst boundary zone and from the villages within the Pale, thereby {153} depriving fifty thousand families at once of their homes and their support.
— from The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon) Raisin

Yet surely there is one thing here Which may not pass away— ’Tis early love, so fond, so dear, It cannot yield its sway?
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 6, December 1849 by Various

A minnie rifle ball had passed through his right ankle, and when I saw him first the flesh around the wound was purple and the entire limb swollen almost to bursting.
— from Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm