Old Hudson Bay Post at Edmonton Finding that I had no time to spare if I wished to catch the steamer down the Athabasca river, I left again the same evening, after buying a small supply of flour and bacon.
— from The Barren Ground of Northern Canada by Warburton Pike

Scotland forbade "grievous and abominable oaths, swearing, execrations and blasphemation," and somewhat similar laws can be found in other countries.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

The one was old, very old, the other comparatively new; the Rectory was full to overflowing of life and noise and bustle, the church, even when its whole congregation was assembled, seemed empty and bare and strangely silent.
— from Hathercourt by Mrs. Molesworth

In his fourth campaign he undertook his second expedition against Britain, and subdued some more of the continental tribes.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various