Great numbers of Indians visit us both from above and below—-one of the old Chiefs who had accompanied us from the head of the river, informed us that he herd the Indians Say that the nation below intended to kill us, we examined all the arms &c. complete the amunition to 100 rounds.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Physicians hold that there are certain complexions that are agitated by the same sounds and instruments even to fury.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

I see also that, the principle being granted, there may be disputes on its application; it may be said that there are cold countries that are very fertile, and tropical countries that are very unproductive.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The armature coils cut this and pass a current through the circuit.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

The fairy colour, in different works and among different authors differing both in time and country, continues to attach itself to the abduction episode.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Ursel, Bryennius, and Basilacius, were formidable by their numerous forces and military fame: they were successively vanquished in the field, and led in chains to the foot of the throne; and whatever treatment they might receive from a timid and cruel court, they applauded the clemency, as well as the courage, of their conqueror.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The schools themselves, like the Society’s lodging-houses for homeless children, stand as lasting monuments to a Christian charity that asks no other reward than the consciousness of having done good where the need was great.
— from The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

It was within twenty years of this unfortunate attempt that the dominion of the Seleucidae over Persia and the adjacent countries came to an end.
— from The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: The Sassanian or New Persian Empire The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

The ground of the ravine where we two are closely clustered to abide the tempest is quivering, and at each shot we feel the deep simoom of the shells.
— from Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse

“I don’t see that anything could come to any harm, I really don’t!” said Sophia, persuasively.
— from The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

At last the run through green fields and small towns and cities came to an end, and the train ran into the Grand Central Depot at Forty-second Street, and Jerry alighted in a crowd and made his way to the street.
— from The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview by Edward Stratemeyer

But before the answer could come, they all knew the word that would be said: "He who bears the light, the God who will conquer…."
— from Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War by Romain Rolland

In the former case they are called “cyclonic thunderstorms,” and in the latter “heat thunderstorms.”
— from Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere by Charles Fitzhugh Talman

With a joyous exclamation he hastened to embrace her, but she turned a cool cheek to ardent lips.
— from Quinneys' by Horace Annesley Vachell