Orders had just been received for defensive preparations, upon a scale proportionate to the apprehended danger; and the extraordinary expenses which would otherwise have been incurred were thus prevented.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Now he had taken note on several occasions that when the Prince's ambassadors returned from different parts of the world, they were able to tell him about nothing except the business on which they had gone, and that the Prince in consequence held them for no better than fools and dolts, and would say: "I had far liever hearken about the strange things, and the manners of the different countries you have seen, than merely be told of the business you went upon;"—for
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Chicano rights, rights for disabled people, the whole tradition of civil liberties was created or strengthened by these people.
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

reserved for disciplinary purposes.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

M. Vera redit facies, dissimulata perit —Our natural countenance comes back, the assumed mask falls off.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

First or Ā -Declension — Gender, Agreement of Adjectives, Word Order 25-30 IX-X. Second or O -Declension—General Rules for Declension — Predicate Noun, Apposition — Dialogue 31-35 XI.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

“And what do you mean to do?” “To surround the scaffold with twenty of my best men, who, at a signal from me, will rush forward directly Peppino is brought for execution, and, by the assistance of their stilettos, drive back the guard, and carry off the prisoner.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

But in Jefferson City in August, 1861, they were recruited for different periods and on different conditions; some were enlisted for six months, some for a year, some without any condition as to where they were to serve, others were not to be sent out of the State.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Does not this rather favour Dr. Paley's explanation?
— from Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Our Eighth Volume is now bound and ready for delivery, price 10 s. 6 d. , cloth, boards.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The first, as a captive and a rival of the victorious Duke of Guise, had personal reasons for desiring peace; the latter urged Henry to devote his attention to the extirpation of heresy.
— from Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598, Fifth Edition Period 4 (of 8), Periods of European History by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson

The remaining few days passed very swiftly to these young lovers, who spent their evenings together, without exciting the suspicions of John Hubbard, who, however, made some errand to call upon Allison almost every day.
— from The Golden Key; Or, A Heart's Silent Worship by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

Some passengeh ringin' fo' de porteh.
— from Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

Shutting himself up in a room at Farnum's home, depriving himself of much of his needed sleep, often refusing food, David Pollard attacked the problem of perfecting the device that Captain Jack and his mates had originally planned.
— from The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts by Victor G. Durham

It is the same with household service in a large town; an ordinary cook receives five dollars per week, and the pay of better ones increases as the square of their abilities.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

By another decree of the 12th September, 1810, potash is taxed at one dollar twenty-five cents, codfish two dollars, rice four dollars per hundred—thus are we loved, favored, and taxed.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress