On reaching Spring Hill, it was ordered to take the left-hand road to Hardison’s Ford, on Duck river, to support Col. Capron, and on reaching there, found him engaging the enemy at the ford.
— from History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry by R. C. (Richard C.) Rankin

I have seen the lady put pieces of string and bits of soft cotton cloth and old rope where the birds could get them, to help make their nests.
— from Birds and Nature, Vol. 08, No. 5, December 1900 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

Stated differently, certain objects and situations come to suggest certain characteristic acts or responses so strongly that the action follows immediately on the heels of the percept of the object, or the idea of the act.
— from The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts

A penny stamp can convey all our requirements, whether for good or for evil, and many a large sum is now transmitted under its care.
— from Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by Caithness, James Sinclair, 14th earl of

Within a short distance of this charming residence stood Craigmillar Castle, an old ruin, memorable from having been the first residence of Mary Queen of Scots after her return from France; and also her favorite retreat when driven to seek repose from the clashing antagonisms of her court at Holyrood.
— from Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

The real extent of this linguistic group is unknown; being in want of any vocabularies besides that of the Kataba, on Kataba river, S. C., and of the Woccons, settled near the coast of N. C., we are not inclined to trust implicitly the statement of Adair, who speaks of a large Kataba confederacy embracing twenty-eight villages "of different nations," on Santee, Combahee, Congaree and other rivers, and speaking dialects of the Kataba language.
— from A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians, vol. 1 With a Linguistic, Historic and Ethnographic Introduction by Albert S. (Albert Samuel) Gatschet