Caonabo tried to besiege the station, watching every gorge and road through which supplies could reach it, but Ojeda made sallies and raids upon the native force, under which it became thinned and discouraged; and Caonabo had finally to withdraw to his own territory.
— from Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 5 by Filson Young

166 As expressed by Dr. Samuel Clarke, right is based on "the fitness of things."
— from Theoretical Ethics by M. (Milton) Valentine

As Natalie roamed over this vast structure, in itself a world of curiosity, like so many small churches roofed in by one great canopy, she lingered in the south transept, in what is called the Poet's Corner.
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale