The Chinese themselves make no regular classification of comedy and tragedy; but we are quite at liberty to give the latter title to a play which so completely answers to the European definition.
— from Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han by Faxian

The efforts of several succeeding cowboys attested to the extreme difficulty of making a good drive.
— from The Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

Some time after this discovery, sir Robert Preston caused a delineation of the silver case, according to the exact dimensions, with an inscription recording its exhumation and re-deposit, to be engraved on a brass plate, and placed upon the projection of the wall where the heart was found.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

We must not wonder, however, at the circumstance that this was not universally recognized at first, but that year after year some of the wisest and best of Cuban patriots strove merely for reforms in government under continued and perpetual union with the Spanish crown, and that they even deprecated and opposed all efforts at independence.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

That's three months and more since, and for all I've been varry careful about layin' it out, it's come to an end, as all such commodities, as they term 'em, does.
— from The Root of All Evil by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

She knew this house, and that farm, and the church upon the hill, and the little village inn with its jolly host, and she could almost tell the exact distance from spot to spot.
— from The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

There is some confusion as to the exact date of the Gothic Exodus, but it is not at all unlikely that Ulfilas acted as their leader on more than one occasion.
— from Lectures on the Science of Language by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

But she determined to shut her eyes and win the fight if she could, and to this end draft every resource.
— from Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

The Ashkenazím are divided into social communities according to the European district or city
— from The Jew, The Gypsy and El Islam by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir