The churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Thyatira, were founded by him.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

I have found some pine logs among the drift wood near this place, from which, I hope to obtain as much pitch as will answer to pay the seams of the boat.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Penitence, humiliation, shame, pride, love, and trustfulness—I see them all; and in them all, I see that horror of I don’t know what.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Never saw such perfect lettuce, all the heads in one frame of exactly the same size and arrangement, as if they were artificial, and all the others just right.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

Some meaning seems almost within reach, but is elusive; it refuses to condense into definite form; the attaching of a word somehow (just how, it is almost impossible to say) puts limits around the meaning, draws it out from the void, makes it stand out as an entity on its own account.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

1922—The São Paulo legislature at the solicitation of the Sociedade Promotora da Defeza do Café passes a bill increasing the export tax on coffee from Santos to 200 reis per bag to continue the propaganda for coffee in the United States for three years.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

E'en the great marble giant Called Nabo, sways pliant Like a tree; whilst the flare Seemed each column to scorch As it blazed like a torch Round and round in the air.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Mrs. Wilcox had no idea; she paid little attention to grounds.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

“Oh, so that is Vereshchágin!” said Pierre, looking at the firm, calm face of the old man and seeking any indication of his being a traitor.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Bradley, put himself at the head of the skirmishers, and was followed by Selim Pacha, leading a Turkish battalion.
— from The War in Syria, Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles Napier

However, by dint of shouting pacific language at the top of his voice, the chairman succeeded at last in restoring tranquillity.
— from John Holdsworth, Chief Mate by William Clark Russell

And if you imagine that you can force me to do so, please lay aside that hope at once.”
— from From One Generation to Another by Henry Seton Merriman

Curious to know why they were used there and nowhere else, we inquired, and found that the British Government, in their eagerness to collect all the taxes they could from such properties, levied a tax on vehicles per wheel, and on domiciles for window panes.
— from My Story by Anson Mills

These work very well, the Diario Mercantil of Valencia told us the other day; but fogs are a great nuisance, the electric plan is much better and surer, and a German company has offered to lay any length of wires at the rate of two hundred pounds sterling per league; and the Diario trusts the government will keep the matter in view, and adopt the new system, if it can be done without obstacles arising from political disturbances, and from the ignorance and malevolence of the people.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 410, December 1849 by Various

Beyond giving a hasty cheer, the people of the "Saratoga" paid little attention to the surrender of their chief enemy, but instantly turned their guns upon the "Linnet.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot