“Pray sit down, Mr Willders,” entreated Miss Tippet earnestly; “I should like so much to hear how you did it from your own lips, and how you can possibly venture up such dreadful things, just like going up the outside of the Monument.
— from Fighting the Flames by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Fair persons venturing upon such dresses or trimmings by daylight, should have clear and excellent complexions, or the brightness of the color, from a similarity of tint, will make their faces appear dirty and clouded. 2399.
— from Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million Containing Four Thousand Five Hundred and Forty-five Receipts, Facts, Directions, etc. in the Useful, Ornamental, and Domestic Arts by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Conrad L. Wirth, Director HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER FIFTEEN This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.
— from Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia by Francis Wilshin

Pilate very unwillingly sat down again upon his throne, compelled to hold the trial of Jesus once more, and unable to avoid making a decision upon his case.
— from Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old A Complete Life of Christ Written in Simple Language, Based on the Gospel Narrative by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut