For the first time I fully realized the truth in the scriptural verses which state that a man of self-realization can appear at different places in two or more bodies at the same time.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Taking up the thread again in September, 1841: "On my return from England," says Brigham, in his diary, "I found my family living in a small unfinished log-cabin, situated on a low, wet lot, so swampy that when the first attempt was made to plough it the oxen mired; but after the city was drained it became a very valuable garden spot.
— from The Women of Mormondom by Edward W. (Edward William) Tullidge

Mr. Judge wrote to Colonel Olcott, asking for the address of a good medium, for at this time the tide of occult inquiry 107 and speculation had just set in, and the experiences of numbers of people, including those of Madame Blavatsky, at the "Eddy Homestead," were the talk of all the world.
— from Letters That Have Helped Me by Julia Wharton Lewis Campbell Ver Planck Keightley

I installed the priests in the old Mission buildings, and turned over the goods intended for the Papagos for distribution at their convenience.
— from Building a State in Apache Land by Charles D. (Charles Debrille) Poston

In a word, this fine male savage convinced every one he came into contact with (which after his bathing was permitted, if the other man bathed afterwards), that truly, surely, and with no mistake he must have seen something.
— from The Maid of Sker by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

In order to make this taxation bearable, the industry of the people was protected in their own market by a scale of customs duties, which prevented the influx of foreign produce at rates which must have annihilated the British workman.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851 by Various

“You sure did poke it to old man Barker and his measly cub.
— from Boys of Oakdale Academy by Morgan Scott

Some even fill up a blank patch in their own memory by a précis of a page or a chapter from the great history.
— from Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 by Charles Oman

The preparation as purchased in the open market bears a label which presents the claims of the manufacturers, emphasized by the chemical analysis duly signed by an analyst and attested by a notary.
— from The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 by Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)

Mr. Starkweather reflected that life must have become very insipid to them; and he further reflected that their place in this organization must be as shock-troops.
— from Rope by Holworthy Hall