we precured Some pounded roots of which a Supe was made thick on which we Suped.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

A part of the wall of Velletri having in former times been struck with thunder, the response of the soothsayers was, that a native of that town would some time or other arrive at supreme power; relying on which prediction, the Velletrians both then, and several times afterwards, made war upon the Roman people, to their own ruin.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Outwardly, existence at Patty’s Place was the same pleasant round of work and study and recreation that it had always been.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Whereas you were directed, by our warrant of the 4th of last month, to receive into your charge from Mr. Irving the surplus provisions remaining of what was provided for the voyage, as well as the provisions for the support of the black poor, after the landing at Sierra Leone, with the cloathing, tools, and all other articles provided at government's expense; and as the provisions were laid in at the rate of two months for the voyage, and for four months after the landing, but the number embarked being so much less than was expected, whereby there may be a considerable surplus of provisions, cloathing, &c.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

A few more bewildered moments brought out a big fair-bearded man, whom some travellers could salute as the dead man’s secretary, Patrick Royce, once well known in Bohemian society and even famous in the Bohemian arts.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

V. rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind &c. (reduce to powder) 330.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

But the great advantage was that it possessed a small paddock, rankly overgrown with shrubs and grass, which would serve as an excellent corral for our horses.
— from The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan by Frederick J. Tabor Frost

[Pg 607] Spencer, Peter, representative of Wilmington, in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452 .
— from History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams

On looking up Gerald saw pointed roofs of weatherworn red tiles, twisted stacks of chimneys, and gray stone turrets, the whole so overgrown with greenery that it looked as though the mansion were a portion of the earth itself.
— from The Sealed Message by Fergus Hume

451 It is true that several pillars remained, on which my robust faith in the holiness and apostolicity of the church rested for a few years longer, but I must here confess, to the glory of God, that the most solid of those pillars had forever crumbled to pieces, when in the monastery of Longueuil.
— from Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

He stealthily pointed Robin out when he appeared at the window, and then darted back to the house like a rat into its hole.
— from The Imprudence of Prue by Sophie Fisher

The conflagration extended on all sides, during the night and the following day, with a rapidity and violence that nothing could stop or confine; the flames meeting from several points, rolled on with the swiftness of a torrent, consuming, as if of straw, galleries, columns, temples, and palaces.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud

Everything is now clear, side matters are disposed of, and only a single point remains on which we have to join issue.
— from The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II by Barrington, Russell, Mrs.

In 1824, Miss Sedgwick published "Redwood," of which a second edition was [Pg 30] called for the same year, and which was republished in England and translated into French.
— from Daughters of the Puritans: A Group of Brief Biographies by Seth Curtis Beach

After a short pause, Richard of Woodville inquired where his uncle was lodged; and to the great disappointment of his host, who, while he was still speaking with Hugh of Clatford, entered to set out the tables for the approaching meal, the young gentleman accompanied the good yeoman, fasting as he was, to visit good Sir Philip Beauchamp--as he said; but, in truth, to sun himself in Mary's eyes.
— from Agincourt: A Romance The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James