All ranks experienced a sense of relief on leaving the Festubert area.
— from The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 by F. W. (Frederick William) Bewsher

Of these 328 years, the first 250, at the least, are altogether barren of facts; and even if we admitted them to be historical, we should have nothing to recount except a succession of royal names.
— from History of Greece, Volume 02 (of 12) by George Grote

It is rich, exuberant, and, sometimes overfanciful, running away into excesses of allusion or following the lead of a chance pun so as sometimes to lay itself open to the charge of pedantry and bad taste.
— from Initial Studies in American Letters by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

A low opening in the street wall permitted the pit to be emptied and to receive earth and stubble or refuse from the fields for composting, Against the pit and without partition, but cut off from the court, was the home of the pigs, both under a common roof continuous with a closed structure joining with the sleeping apartments, while behind us and along the alley-way by which we had entered were other dwelling and storage compartments.
— from Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King

Europe , movement of civilization in, i. 2; the revolutionary epoch and spread of revolutionary ideas in, 2, 100 et seq.; ii. 44, 86, 156; absolutism, its decay and abolition, i. 67; iii. 278; iv. 162 , 254 , 292 ; aroused feelings, concerted movements, and coalitions against France, i. 142, 325, 441; ii. 51, 67, 86, 90, 136, 142, 145, 194, 209, 330, 348; iii. 72, 106, 377, 382, 394, 396, 400, 417; iv. 145 , 146 , 161 -163; N. on the sovereigns of, i. 156; the Directory and, 324-338; neutrality of northern, 341; conditions of civilization and warfare in (1796), 349; the destinies of, dependent on fate of Italy, 351, 385; N. a citizen of, 404; schemes of reconstruction of the map of, 425; ii. 265, 355, 402; iii. 51, 55, 56, 72, 73, 199, 399, 422; iv. 3 , 6 , 144 , 145 ; schemes of pacification of, i. 447; ii. 203, 213, 356; iii. 307, 382, 408, 414, 415, 419-421; iv. 75 ; France's foreign policy, in, ii. 2; schemes of Napoleonic and French empire over, 10, 29, 214, 272, 336, 354; iii. 108, 114, 408; N. on the freedom of, ii. 31; iii. 82; N.'s relations to, and influence on, ii. 37, 137, 213, 272; iii. 179; iv. 133 , 298 ; upheavals in the politics of, ii.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

There being still no reply, except a shake of Robert's head, Harold continued: "Then we can at least kneel down together, and I will say, 'Thanks to the Lord for his mercies, and may we never forget them;' after which we can unite in the Lord's Prayer."
— from The Young Marooners on the Florida Coast by F. R. (Francis Robert) Goulding

A momentary deliverance presented itself; on one floor of a narrow little house at the noisier end of Esquimault Street lived Rhoda Ellam, a sort of remote cousin, who made a living by creating hats out of costly materials.
— from The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers by Saki

It required even a series of revolutions to bring France to that condition in which the Western Alliance was possible.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

[17] We fed him upon raw eggs and scraps of raw meat until he grew strong and the black feathers had become smooth and glossy, and the bright eyes were brighter, and Jim Crow had changed into a beautiful bird.
— from Daily Lesson Plans in English by Caroline Stearns Griffin