I am 6 somewhat drunk, but though I am a poor stone-mason, a private in the militia, and not so sober as I should be, I can repeat more of the songs of the Eos than any man alive, however great a gentleman, however sober—more than Sir Watkin, more than Colonel Biddulph himself.'
— from Beautiful Wales by Edward Thomas

Quite twenty minutes, however, passed in this manner, and no ship was seen.
— from Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

The rules of qualification to play in this match are now strict only in one particular, and that is that nobody is allowed to play more than four times.
— from Cricket by A. G. (Allan Gibson) Steel

Such men God gives us to widen our views; to prevent us from thinking that we have the best of everything; to bring us to acknowledge that others, who perhaps in the main are not so favoured as ourselves, are yet possessed of some things we ourselves would be the better of.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods

And, since those instruments, being barely inefficacious perceptions in the mind, are not subservient to the production of natural effects, it is demanded why they are made; or, in other words, what reason can be assigned why God should make us, upon a close inspection into His works, behold so great variety of ideas so artfully laid together, and so much according to rule; it not being credible that He would be at the expense (if one may so speak) of all that art and regularity to no purpose.
— from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley

I am somewhat drunk, but though I am a poor stone-mason, a private in the militia, and not so sober as I should be, I can repeat more of the songs of the Eos than any man alive, however great a gentleman, however sober—more than Sir Watkin, more than Colonel Biddulph himself.”
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow

The movements and expeditions which succeeded the battle of Monmouth—the incursion of the Indians and tories under Colonel John Butler and Brandt, for the destruction of the settlement in the lovely valley of Wyoming—the terrible tragedy of July, with the retaliatory expeditions against the Indians—and the repetition of the barbarities of Wyoming at Cherry Valley, in November—were the prominent events that took place in the middle and northern sections of the country during the remainder of 1778.
— from The Women of The American Revolution, Vol. 1 by E. F. (Elizabeth Fries) Ellet

During the war all persons in the military and naval services were granted the privilege of taking out insurance against death or total disability (whether due to war service or otherwise) up to the amount of $10,000, at a very low cost.
— from The Mentor: Uncle Sam, Vol. 7, Num. 11, Serial No. 183, July 15, 1919 by Albert Bushnell Hart