After hearing a concerto of Ries, he wrote a furious letter to a musical paper, enjoining Ries no longer to call himself his pupil.
— from Beethoven and His Forerunners by Daniel Gregory Mason

The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: preliminary ethnological report.
— from The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper

Greeks and Wallachians ridicule them, and many proverbial expressions refer to their want of intelligence and polish.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report.
— from The Whale House of the Chilkat by George Thornton Emmons

Beauvais made known to him what he had learned from Lucy, and that he (Lacoste) must quit our society in order that he might not disturb the happiness of the lovers and their approaching marriage, perhaps even render it impossible.
— from The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel. Vol. II. by Ludwig Tieck

Then again Mrs. Perks' eyes rested on the unhappy Miriam.
— from A Woman's Burden: A Novel by Fergus Hume