[Clark, September 26, 1804] 26th of Septr Set out early and proceeded on—the river lined with indians, came too & anchored by the particular request of the Chiefs to let their Womin & Boys See the Boat, and Suffer them to Show us some friendship—great members of men womin & Children on the bank viewing us—Those people are Spritely Small legs ille looking Set men perticularly, they grease & Black themselves when they dress, make use of Hawks feathers about thier heads, cover with a Roab each a polecat Skin to hold their Smokeables, fond of Dress, Badly armed.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Small Generally—they Grese & Black themselves with coal when they dress, make use of a hawks feather about their heads the men a robe & each a polecats Skins, for to hold ther Bais roly for Smokeing fond of Dress & Show badly armed with fuseis &.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“Here you are, ‘Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.’ ” “Now, then, what’s the last entry?” “ ‘December 22nd.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Because in all cities these two distinct parties are found, and from this it arises that the people do not wish to be ruled nor oppressed by the nobles, and the nobles wish to rule and oppress the people; and from these two opposite desires there arises in cities one of three results, either a principality, self-government, or anarchy.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

And if any one should reply: Many have been princes, and have done great things with armies, who have been considered very liberal, I reply: Either a prince spends that which is his own or his subjects' or else that of others.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

Not only is good that adherence of the will to experience of which pleasure is the basal example, and evil the corresponding rejection which is the very essence of pain, but when we pass from good and evil in sense to their highest embodiments, pleasure remains eligible and pain something which it is a duty to prevent.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

THE THIRD STORY Day the First MELCHIZEDEK THE JEW, WITH A STORY OF THREE RINGS, ESCAPETH A PARLOUS SNARE SET FOR HIM BY
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

“Here you are, ‘Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.’”
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

Tipped with triangular flints with rough edges and pointed sharpness, they were driven with an aim so unerring, and with such force and celerity, that they could be shot through a man or beast at a distance of one hundred yards.
— from Makers and Romance of Alabama History by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Riley

Every passing rumour excited a prodigious sensation, and the war party was already gaining the upper hand.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

The fatal dispersion of the marching columns along 60 miles of road, even after passing Smolensk, when the army was already worn down to a mere remnant; the unnecessarily slow pace of the march, the burning of the pontoon train previous to the passage of the Berezina, are cases in point; and can hardly be attributed to anything save declining intellectual powers.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord

This extreme south part of the peninsula, between latitude 8° and 10° north, therefore receives little moisture, and has a hot arid climate, resembling Egypt, and producing senna and Indian cotton of the best quality.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

As they could not be accepted as chaplains, a large number of ministers of religion enlisted as private soldiers, and these from practically all the churches.
— from With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William E. Sellers

Those who were the steadier of gaze, clearer of pupil and fitter of brawn, inclined toward Bear Cat and his crusade, and, conversely, those who wore the stamp of reddened eye and puffed socket gave back sneering scowls to the mention of his name.
— from When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck

Still higher rose eminences and peaks, some bare, some clothed with wood, some round and purple with heath, and others splintered into rocks and crags.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1 by Walter Scott