She remembered now to have seen such sketches—she doubted not they were his—in the cheap shops in the Rue Poissoniere, ticketed at a few francs each.
— from Tales of Trail and Town by Bret Harte

Upon the whole, it must be acknowledged that the artists and the age are fitted for each other.
— from Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 3 (of 3) by John Ireland

White cloths have blue and red stripes down the centre and sometimes one transversely about a foot from either end.
— from The Lushei Kuki Clans by John Shakespear

Others from the district of Hohshan (8) include themselves with those from the Sz' Yup , and there are a few from each of the districts of Tungkwán (9), Hiángshán (10), Sánshwui (11), and Sinngán (12).
— from China in America A study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States by Stewart Culin

That's funny grog To ask a friend for, eh?
— from Shapes of Clay by Ambrose Bierce

God had made an eternal alliance with Abraham and his posterity; but the Jews, far from reaping the fruits of this alliance, and far from enjoying the prosperity they had been led to expect, lived continually in the midst of calamities, and were, more than all other nations, the sport of frightful revolutions.
— from Ecce Homo! Or, A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

a catalogue of twelve of Zeus's amours; and we know from other sources ( e.g., Hygin, fab. , 155) that these accounts are far from exhaustive.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck

A beautiful pale yellow oil is procured from the seeds of the angular-leaved physic nut, Jatropha curcas , a shrub which is often employed in the tropics as a fence for enclosures.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

In September the American and French forces effected a junction at Williamsburg, marching to the investment of Yorktown on the 28th.
— from America, Volume 1 (of 6) by Joel Cook