Within each limb a symbol of the trinity is seen, each of which is associated with the central ring.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

In the streets, in the public gardens, on the steps of the temples, I saw, every where, groups of enquirers collected, and heard the name of Macrianus upon every tongue.
— from The Epicurean: A Tale by Thomas Moore

I am now so used to this state of things that I shudder every time I see people represented in illustrated papers as walking about bareheaded in the open air, and I have to reassure myself that even white people can do this with impunity in Europe.
— from On the Edge of the Primeval Forest Experiences and Observations of a Doctor in Equatorial Africa by Albert Schweitzer

The existence of merit in the true and proper sense of the term is specially emphasized as follows: “If anyone saith that ... the justified, by the good works which he performs through the grace of God and the merit of Jesus Christ, whose living member he is, does not truly merit increase of grace...; let him be anathema.”
— from Grace, Actual and Habitual: A Dogmatic Treatise by Joseph Pohle

“We must send Sambo on the train,” I said, “else he’ll be too late.”
— from When We Were Strolling Players in the East by Louise Jordan Miln

"You don't let me see the financial side of the thing," I said, "except at intervals.
— from Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

The ancient churches speak for themselves; the artistic spirit of the time is splendidly embodied
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

It was not his object to let himself be seen, or that the Indians should even suspect that they had been detected in this new device, for he was well aware that if he fired, or used his bayonet against the man, those below would rush up the ladder to succeed him, and by their weight prevent the accomplishment of what he had in view; therefore cut off as he in a measure was, from his party, it was incumbent on him to adopt the only sure means of relief from danger, and that without a moment of delay.
— from Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare by Major (John) Richardson

The surrender of these two important strongholds encouraged the enemy to renew their advance, so that in the beginning of September Lord Wellington commenced his able and well-devised retreat on the Lines of Torres Vedras, within thirty miles of Lisbon.
— from Recollections of a Peninsular Veteran by Joseph Jocelyn Anderson