Often days would pass without any one, save the pony express rider, going over the mountain.
— from Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Trails by Frank V. Webster

The second plague broke out in 1623, and originated in the house of Paulus Emilius Ramadus, guardian of the port.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Davies, T. R., 13, Castle street Griffiths, Evan, 11, High street Jenkins, J., Swansea and Glamorgan Herald office, Castle square Jones, Herbert, Oxford street Morris, W., Stamp-office, High street Pearse, E., Railway Guide office, 15, Wind street Price, H. A., Angel street Rosser and Williams, 214, High street Williams, John, Cambrian office, 58, Wind street Printers—Lithographic and Copperplate.
— from Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854 by Ebenezer Pearse

Professor Abbott P. Usher of the Department of Economic History helped with several of the chapters, while Professor Ernest R. Groves of the same institution kindly criticized the chapter on Rural Life.
— from Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson

name="Page_7" id="Page_7">- 7 - 1837-42; drew up a sketch, 1842; enlarged it in 1844; previous speculations on the subject; views of Erasmus Darwin, Geoffroy St. Hilaire, and Lamarck; Darwin’s opinion of Lamarck; influence of Lyell; influence of South American experience; reads Malthus on Population; “Vestiges of Creation”; Mr. Herbert Spencer and evolution; Lyell’s letters; Sir Joseph Hooker on species; Mr. A. R. Wallace communicates his views to Darwin; Lyell and Hooker persuade Darwin to publish his views together with those of Wallace; introductory letter by Lyell and Hooker to Linnean Society, June 30, 1858; Darwin’s and Wallace’s papers, read July 1, 1858; Sir J. Hooker announces his adhesion to Darwin’s views, 1859 64 CHAPTER V. Analysis of the “Origin of Species,” published Nov. 1859; special notes of Darwin’s personal experiences; remarkable growth of morphology and embryology since its publication; opposition to the new views; criticisms of leading journals and reviews; second edition of “Origin,” called for in six weeks; third, in March 1861; historical sketch of progress of opinion prefixed; alterations in successive editions; sixth edition, 1872; foreign translations 79 CHAPTER VI.
— from Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

With fixed, piercing eyes, Ramiro Gazes on the lovely lady.
— from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine