For the rest, in such circumstances, the Successive Loan, very naturally, remains unfilled; neither, indeed, can that impost of the Second Twentieth, at least not on 'strict valuation,' be levied to good purpose: 'Lenders,' says Weber, in his hysterical vehement manner, 'are afraid of ruin; tax-gatherers of hanging.'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

In this region are found two species of the genus Danais — D. archippus occurring all over the United States and reaching up northwards into Canada, D. berenice found in the South-eastern States, e.g. in Florida, where it is said to be more abundant than archippus .
— from Mimicry in Butterflies by Reginald Crundall Punnett

By far the most active and efficient work was done by Mrs. Abbie Gardner Sharp, who came to Des Moines at the very beginning of the session and remained until near its close.
— from The Spirit Lake Massacre by Thomas Teakle

The R UBY N IGHTINGALES ( Calliope ):—The Calliope of Kamschatka.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

With the steadily increasing production of the precious metals, if not [Pg 24] in its own immediate vicinity, at least in the country it dominated, Helena grew rich, until now it claims to be the wealthiest city of its size in the United States.
— from Wonderland; or, Alaska and the Inside Passage With a Description of the Country Traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad by John Hyde

Here he remained until noon in constant conference with railroad man, engineer, steel representative, or machinery man come to explain delay in delivery or to promise beyond possibility of performance.
— from The Highflyers by Clarence Budington Kelland

but three year old, he got my press-board, when he was a-crawlin' round, 'n' laid it right onto the cookin'-stove, and fust thing Miss Lukens know'd it blazed right up, 'n' I can't get another fixed afore Wednesday, and then I'd ought to be to Taunton, 'cause there a'n't no stage runs Thursday, and there hadn't oughter, of course"—— "We have got a press-board," said Mrs. Griswold, quietly.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

In his celebrated draught of the Kentucky resolutions, so much relied on by Carolina, we have seen, he speaks of these powers of the people of any State as 'a natural right,' and so is revolution; and the cases to which he refers are such as render a revolution unavoidable, namely, if Congress pass an act 'so palpably against the Constitution as to amount to an undisguised declaration that the compact is not meant to be the measure of the powers of the General Government.'
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various