In 1839, in company with M. de Ronquerolles, he beame second to the Duc de Rhetore, elder brother of Louise de Chaulieu, in his duel with Dorlange-Sallenauve, brought about because of Marie Gaston.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

my part, I have no intention to take that route.—It must be something very extraordinary that will induce me to revisit either Bath or London.—My sister and her husband, Baynard
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Then Lakshmaṇ with unwearied care Brought heaps of sacred grass, and there With his own hands he quickly spread, For Ráma's rest, a pleasant bed, And faithful Sítá's too, where they Reclining each by other lay.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Nicholas Ridley, bishop of Rochester, elected bishop of London, was installed in Paul’s church on the 12th of April.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

There are temples, often in the middle of a wood, with priestly incumbents, and rich endowments, both of lands and treasure; and human sacrifice in various forms is said to have been in use.
— from History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

There are charming rustic pictures at every turn,—sleek herds of cattle, droves of fat hogs, flocks of sheep that have but recently doffed their winter suits, well-tended fields, trim-looking wire fences, neat farm-houses where rows of milkpans glisten upon sunny drying-benches, farmers and farmers' boys riding aristocratic-looking sulky drags and cultivators,—everywhere an air of agricultural luxuriance, rather emphasized by occasional log-houses, which repose as honored 42 relics by the side of their pretentious successors, sharply contrasting the wide differences between pioneer life and that of to-day.
— from Historic Waterways—Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites

These three persons were, Don Pedro himself, Doña Hermosa, and the worthy capataz Luciano Pedralva, who, huddled up in the fantastical costume of a vaquero , looked like a monstrous robber, exciting bursts of laughter from Ña Manuela, who was seated, on the watch, at a window.
— from Stoneheart: A Romance by Gustave Aimard

For the rest, everybody burst out laughing, and from that moment the supper went on with increased animation.
— from Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 01 by Gustave Droz

Burckhardt sees in them traces of the reaction of French eighteenth-century gardening on the Italian school; but may it not rather be that, the Villa Albani being, by a rare exception, built on level ground, the site inevitably suggested a treatment similar to the French?
— from Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton

My rooms on the ground floor were full of parcels, letters, cheques, postal orders, keys waiting to be returned with portmanteaux, labels likewise to be affixed to returned empties, bills of lading, telegrams, cards, accounts for clothing, etc.
— from Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie

In the first place he had looked to see if any required boy clerks, but this species of assistant appeared little in demand; and then, although he hoped that it would not come to that, he ran his eye down the columns to see if any required errand boys or lads in manufacturing businesses.
— from By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty