“And are you not then as well protected in England?” said Rowena.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

Why, some of the games it tells about were played in England before William the Conqueror landed; at least so the author claims.
— from From Place to Place by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

But dy , is the side of a sexangle: Therefore cn , shall be also the side of a sexangle: And cg , is the side of a decangle: Therefore an , whose power is equall to both theirs by the 9 e xij .
— from The Way To Geometry by Petrus Ramus

Compared with the vast dominions of the ancient world, Palestine is extremely small.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

[82] , to have originated in this country, an assertion which, well or ill founded, proves how very soon the art was practised in England after being first discovered and reduced to rule.
— from The Harmonicon. Part the First by Various

The census gives a few Indians as residing in our eastern states, but they are white people in every way, save color.
— from The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice by Warren King Moorehead

It is not recorded whether this advice was put into effect or whether it helped the young ruler with his decision.
— from Stories from the Old Attic by Robert A. (Robert Alan) Harris

On a field day, when a certain turbulent apple woman persisted in encroaching on the lines, Captain Muggs charged her in person, unsupported by his troops, upset her apple stall, and expelled her from the lines.
— from The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Francis A. (Francis Alexander) Durivage

That a certain amount of work in the field both of law and history must have been going on at Rome from a very early period, is, of course, obvious; but it was not till the time of the Punic Wars that anything was produced in either field which could very well be classed as literature.
— from Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail

that of the Authors who Publish in England, such a mighty Few Make a Success, though here they score a Hit?
— from The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne by Gelett Burgess