If history records not his name, a prince—in spirit at least—must also have been the first happy man to eat red mullets aux champignons , or eels aux huîtres et
— from The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

The Egyptians related many allegories concerning their various deities, but we have space only to narrate the story regarding Osiris and Isis, god of the sun and the goddess of dawn.
— from The Girls' Book of Famous Queens by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

In close range of the enemy, Radisson made a curious discovery.
— from Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. Laut

Bonaparte organised the army of the East, raised money, and collected ships; and it was he who conceived the happy idea of joining to the expedition men distinguished in science and art, and whose labours have made known, in its present and past state, a country, the very name of which is never pronounced without exciting grand recollections.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

The English reader may also consult The Legends and Theories of the Buddhists , by Rev. R. Spence Hardy, London, 1866, which, though very prejudiced, is extremely suggestive.
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

Moreover, we must not blink at the fact that every revolution means a certain disturbance to everyday life, and those who expect this tremendous climb out of the old grooves to be accomplished without so much as jarring the dishes on their dinner tables will find themselves mistaken.
— from The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz