It was the wall of the first inner case that the Persian struck when speaking to Raoul of the house on the lake.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

their ears are cut at the lower part, but fiew of them were ornements in them, their hair is generally Cut in the forehead above their eyes and Small ornimented plats in front of each Sholder the remainder of the hair is either twisted in with horse or buffalow hair divided into two plats over the Sholder or what is most common flow's back, Their women are homely, corse feetured wide mouthes they ware Simpially a leathe habit made in a plain form of two pieces of equal length and equal weadth, which is sewen together with Sinues from the tail to about half way from the hip to the arm, a String fastens the 2 pieces together over the Sholders leaveng a flap or lapells which fall over near half way ther body both before and behind.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Note 4 ( return ) [ Since the rest of the historians now extant give this Demetrius thirteen years, and Josephus only eleven years, Dean Prideaux does not amiss in ascribing to him the mean number twelve.]
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

But at the same time just this aim demands the greatest efforts of us; and so, led astray by pride, losing sight of this aim, we occupy ourselves either with the mystery which in our impurity we are unworthy to receive, or seek the reformation of the human race while ourselves setting an example of baseness and profligacy.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

—When Saint Peter and the Apostles deliberated about abolishing circumcision, where it was a question of acting against the law of God, they did not heed the prophets, but simply the reception of the Holy Spirit in the persons uncircumcised.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

Then he slipped the ring on to her third finger.
— from Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan

That in 1828 these [14] Southern men were seeking to root out the habit of duelling, and that the prize should have been awarded by them to William Jay, is a curious commentary on the connection between slavery and duelling.
— from William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery by Bayard Tuckerman

His first shot struck the roof of the house; his second struck the angle of the wall about half-way down; and a third dismounted the gun, and destroyed the carriage.
— from Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

Nothing!--nothing that could stem this rush of the heart to the beloved--the forsaken and suffering and overshadowed beloved.
— from The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The indictment is true, but when the facts are stated, it will be seen to recoil on the heads of those who have drawn it.
— from Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

"By the marriage articles you could no doubt secure the retention of the half you hold; and if you survive your kinsman, you would enjoy the whole.
— from The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

[420] How obvious is the inference that the Maker of the ear and the eye hears those silent things which escape the ear itself, and sees those recesses of the human heart which the human eye is never able to search!
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Robert F. (Robert Forman) Horton

"If you have believed yourself bound to execute such orders of the emperor by reason of your oath of fidelity and obedience, think to what an extent we feel compelled to sustain the rights of the holy see, to which we are bound by so many oaths?
— from World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by François Guizot

At Beauly I saw the gate of the pit where old Fraser used to put the people whom he owed money to—it is in the old ruined cathedral, and at Beaufort saw the ruins of the house where he was born.
— from Letters to his wife Mary Borrow by George Borrow