this Cheif by name Yel-lept had visited us on the morning of the 19 of October at our encampment a little below this place; we gave him at that time a small medal, and promised him a larger one on our return.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

at our encampment imedeately opposit to us; we gave him at that time a Small Medal, and promised him a large one on our return.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

So when the king had suggested these things, and instructed his general in what he was to say, he sent him away to the people; but they made a clamor, and would not give him leave to speak, and put him in danger of his life, and as many more as were desirous to venture upon saying openly any thing which might reduce them to a sober mind, and prevent their going on in their present courses, because they had more concern to have all their own wills performed than to yield obedience to their governors; thinking it to be a thing insufferable, that, while Herod was alive, they should lose those that were most dear to them, and that when he was dead, they could not get the actors to be punished.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

but yesterday he despatched a woman to me at home with his idle tales and toys and sent me a purse and a girdle, as if I had not purses and girdles galore; the which I took and take so ill that I believe, but for my having regard to the sin of it and after for the love of you, I had played the devil.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

But, having a trade, and supposing myself a pretty good workman, I offer'd my service to the printer in the place, old Mr. William Bradford, who had been the first printer in Pennsylvania, but removed from thence upon the quarrel of George Keith.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

,” cried he, rising: “I would sooner forfeit my life than act so mean a part.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

When he awoke next morning the major-domo came to inform him that a special messenger, a police officer, had come from Count Rostopchín to know whether Count Bezúkhov had left or was leaving the town.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

They certainly had; but these advantages struck me as preponderantly social; such for instance as would help to make a drawing-room look well.
— from The Real Thing and Other Tales by Henry James

Official Statement—"Inasmuch as there are numerous reports in circulation that plural marriages have been entered into contrary to the official declaration of President Woodruff, of September 26, 1890, commonly called the Manifesto, which was issued by President Woodruff and adopted by the Church at its general conference, October 6, 1890, which forbade any marriages violative of the law of the land; I Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction, consent or knowledge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I hereby announce that all such marriages are prohibited, and if any officer or member of the Church shall assume to solemnize or enter into any such marriage he will be deemed in transgression against the Church and will be liable to be dealt with according to the rules and regulations thereof, and excommunicated therefrom.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith

It is true, she had a female attendant; but to her she had been accustomed from childhood, and Nanny Sidley, as her quondam nurse and actual lady's-maid was termed, appeared so much a part of herself, that, while her absence would be missed almost as greatly as that of a limb, her presence was as much a matter of course as a hand or foot.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

Talk about Spanish Mains and pirate ships!
— from The Man Who Couldn't Sleep by Arthur Stringer

He sent me last night over to St. Stephano, twelve weary miles across the mountain, after nightfall, to fetch the Gobbino——’ ‘The Gobbino—who is he?’ ‘The hunch-back, that was at the galleys in Messina,’ said the girl, trembling all over; and then went on, ‘and to tell him to come over to the Tana, for he wanted him.’ ‘Well, and then——’ ‘And then,’ muttered the girl, ‘and then,’ and she made a pantomimic gesture of drawing a knife suddenly across the throat.
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever