The inflationary expectations that led to a 21 1/2-percent interest prime rate and soaring mortgage rates 2 years ago are now reduced by almost half.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

[710] Peace ceremonies take place at a council of warriors, when the pipe is passed round and smoked by each, previous to which an interchange of presents is customary.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

The pulpit was between them and me, but when I became thoroughly aware of their presence, I peeped round and saw them.
— from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

Before them passed, in panoramic review, a sunny land, filled with brilliant-hued vegetation, and dotted with villages and cities which were bright with light-colored buildings.
— from The Moon Metal by Garrett Putman Serviss

A letter comes from Mr. Jervis Pendleton in Paris, rather a short concise letter; I'm not quite forgiven yet for refusing to follow his advice.
— from Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

And, oh, that ever the time should have come when France had to buy coffee from her own plant in Porto Rico, and send to that same island for logwood to make claret with,—the kind she sells to New York for bohemian tables
— from Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

It is better to say that the view presented in this book is one that wishes to make the playhouse innocently pleasant, rational, and sound as art.
— from How to See a Play by Richard Burton

In his picture of 'Dido building Carthage,' he painted imaginary palaces, rivers, and stately ships, in the same cool colouring as Claude, and bequeathed his picture to the National Gallery, on condition that it should hang for ever between two pictures by Claude to challenge their superiority.
— from The Book of Art for Young People by Conway, William Martin, Sir