And so Mrs. Bond, the previous night, extinguished her small lamp, and knelt by the bed-side; she prayed for those wronged sleepers from the gushing fullness of [Pg 182] her Christian motherly heart.
— from Rose Clark by Fanny Fern

This was more than could be found on any single plantation in Carolina, and as the slaves were strictly forbidden to go from one plantation to another it would hardly be possible to find another place where so many could be reached at the same time.
— from The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) Fries

In addition to the "Blimps" of which mention has been made, the Royal Naval Air Service are in charge of air-ships known as the Coast Patrol type, which work farther out to sea, locating minefields and acting as scouts for the great fleet of patrol vessels.
— from The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton

Gothic in its grand lines, very strikingly impressive, it has a Jesuit frontage, substituted for the Gothic façade originally planned, and Renaissance ornamentation within.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

“I am for life, my boys,” said Mr. Losely, “‘Can sorrow from the goblet flow, Or pain from Beauty’s eye?’”
— from What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Let the co-operation of the banks of the region be secured, for the generous financing of pig clubs and corn clubs.
— from Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Florida State Live Stock Association

This consisted chiefly of the oak, Scots fir, birch, hazel, and alder,—the oak extending northward and to elevations, and ripening seed, and attaining to a size which it does not now do, either wild or cultivated, in the same latitude, neither here nor in any other portion of the world; which, along with some other facts, lead to the supposition, that the climate has changed a little,—in part, possibly, as we have before stated, from the gradual formation of peat, to which, overthrown oak forest, from the abundance of the tannin principle, has a great disposing influence, even under a warmer climate than present Scotland.
— from On Naval Timber and Arboriculture With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting by Patrick Matthew