Pytna, part of Mt Ida, ii. 189 . ——, in Crete, ii. 189 . Pyxūs, prom., r., and t. of Lucania, i. 376 .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The electric light was not burning in the periscope room, and the only light that entered the chamber came from the hatch.
— from Motor Matt's Close Call; or, The Snare of Don Carlos by Stanley R. Matthews

There are two roads from Llangollen to Chirk, one the low or post road, and the other leading over the Berwyn.
— from Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery by George Borrow

The nobler orders of the Catholic Church, the Jansenists and Port Royalists as they original location of 'Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy' blank page [ Pg 297] were called, were also suppressed.
— from Zigzag Journeys in Europe: Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth

A dispute existed between Connecticut and Pensylvania, respecting a tract of land; a federal court decided the jurisdiction, or State claim, in favor of Pensylvania; five thousand inhabitants, seated on the lands, acknowlege the jurisdiction, but contend that their original purchase, and subsequent labor, entitle them to the lands.
— from A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings On Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects by Noah Webster

If Mr Silva’s wit—” “You may test my wit by my book, Mr —, if you choose to read it,” and the author looked scornfully, “and my courage, when we reach Port Royal;” and the officer looked magnificently.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

If the people of such places revolt against their own limitations, we must have a reasonable respect for their revolt, and we must not be impatient even with their impatience.
— from The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The Government had taken no steps to arm the people, or to prolong resistance after the outside line of defence was lost, although the erection of barricades would have held the Allies in check until Napoleon arrived with his army.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

Still less will I cite the coalition of the earl of Shelburne, with several leaders of the Bedford connexion, and others, whose principles were at least as inimical to the popular cause, and the parliamentary reform, as those of Lord North; and the known readiness of him and his friends to have formed a junction with the whole of that connexion.
— from Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin

The people repented at the old leader's earnest words, and they cried, ' The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey. '
— from The Bible in its Making: The most Wonderful Book in the World by Noel Hope