As against this construction of an elaborate network of strategical lines towards and along the Russian frontier , there must be put the fact that although, by this means, Germany acquired the power to effect a great and speedy concentration of troops on the frontier itself, her locomotives and rolling stock would not be able to cross into Russia and run on the railways there because of the difference in gauge .
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt

The imports of Barygaza were wine, bronze, tin and lead, coral and gold stone (topaz ?), cloth of all sorts, variegated sashes (like the horrible Berlin wool comforters of modern days), storax, sweet clover, white glass, gum sandarac, stibium for the eyes, and gold and silver coin, and unguents.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

H. White, Thomas B. Barton and John L. Marye, who were instructed to contract with some responsible party to erect a good and substantial courthouse on lots 42 and 44, or either of them, according to the plan submitted to the court, or that plan modified, if it was found necessary, the cost not to exceed four thousand dollars.
— from The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia by S. J. (Silvanus Jackson) Quinn

It is to England and to Englishmen a great and sudden calamity.
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

The force of habit gives to each a grace— A special charm to each and every place; And yet, with all the adoration felt, As at their shrines devotedly we knelt, Not one—not all , possessed sufficient worth, To make us feel quite naturalized to earth.
— from Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey) Snow

Down the river on the road to Clearport they entered a grove and sat chatting for some time on a fallen tree.
— from The Great Oakdale Mystery by Morgan Scott

And because of all that she felt for Ethel, she trust her own care into the background resolutely, and made the evening as gay as she could while she was there.
— from Winding Paths by Gertrude Page