Night put a stop to further havoc, and the British soldiers rested upon the field of battle, with that proud feeling which a man only can have under such circumstances—of having fulfilled his duty to his country by [172] repulsing a much larger force of cavalry and infantry at all points, and that under one of the enemy's most able generals, Marshal Massena, Prince of Essling, the "spoiled child of Fortune" (for so Massena was designated by the French Emperor).
— from A British Rifle Man The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo by George Simmons

Military Mayotte Military - note: defense is the responsibility of France; small contingent of French forces stationed on the island Transnational Issues Mayotte Disputes - international: claimed by Comoros This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Here the water, oozing forth from the surface of the sponge mantle, collects in the centre of the slightly depressed valley which it occupies, and near the head of the depression forms a sluggish stream; but further down, as it meets with more slope, it works out for itself a deeper channel, with perpendicular banks, with, say, a hundred or more yards of sponge on each side, constantly oozing forth fresh supplies to augment its size.
— from The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by David Livingstone

Throughout the day close about the ship clouds of flying fish skimmed the sea, and great schools of porpoises leaped from it and raced us, as if, even to them, their native element had become hateful, or as if they sensed something ominous and fearsome abroad from which they sought shelter in our company.
— from The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson

The sudden changes of fortune, from splendour to poverty of the shabbiest description, the reckless, dishonest expenditure, and the endless debts consequent on it; the means—doubtful to say the least of them—employed by M. Linders for procuring money; the sense of alienation from all that is best, and noblest, and truest in life;—all these, which had gone far to make up the sum of her mother's misery, affected our Madelon hardly at all.
— from My Little Lady by E. Frances (Eleanor Frances) Poynter

Jan Mayen defense is the responsibility of Norway Jarvis Island defense is the responsibility of the US; visited annually by the US Coast Guard Jersey defense is the responsibility of the UK Johnston Atoll defense is the responsibility of the US Juan de Nova Island defense is the responsibility of France Kingman Reef defense is the responsibility of the US Kiribati Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ Lesotho the Lesotho Government in 1999 began an open debate on the future structure, size, and role of the armed forces, especially considering the Lesotho Defense Force's (LDF) history of intervening in political affairs Liechtenstein defense is the responsibility of Switzerland Man, Isle of defense is the responsibility of the UK Marshall Islands defense is the responsibility of the US Martinique defense is the responsibility of France Mayotte defense is the responsibility of France; small contingent of French forces stationed on the island Micronesia, Federated States of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a sovereign, self-governing state in free association with the US; FSM is totally dependent on the US for its defense
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

She came on foot from Senlac station, leaving her box to follow by the carrier.
— from The Four Roads by Sheila Kaye-Smith