Three weeks earlier the corporal had taken part in Decoration Day, and certainly one parade a month was ample strain upon underpinning such as he owned.
— from Old Judge Priest by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

It means that children are likely to be influenced not only by what we do and by what we say, but also by what we are, and that the characters of the parents in different degrees and combinations will descend even to a remote posterity.
— from The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Den he plunk into de drift an’ come out on de bank.
— from Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan

Even Persia itself deserted Darius, and chose another king instead of a sovereign whom no one seemed willing to acknowledge.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

Then comes a succeeding period when an interval of time between following trains is provided for, through a system of signals which at given points indicate danger during a certain number
— from Notes on Railroad Accidents by Charles Francis Adams

In nearby deposits are found still other fossils including ferns preserved in delicate detail and clamlike shells.
— from Ancient Landscapes of the Grand Canyon Region The Geology of Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert by Edwin D. (Edwin Dinwiddie) McKee

The stage effects of corroborees are sometimes huge sheets of bark fastened on to poles; these sheets of bark are painted in different designs and colours, something like Moorish embroideries.
— from The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

But do not the rays which are projected in different directions, and cross each other, interfere, and impede each other's course?
— from Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet

Three weeks earlier the corporal had taken part in Decoration Day, and certainly one parade a month was ample strain upon a pair of legs such as he owned.
— from The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb