The First Reliable Coffee Date About 1454 Sheik Gemaleddin Abou Muhammad Bensaid, mufti of Aden, surnamed Aldhabani, from Dhabhan, a small town where he was born, became acquainted with the virtues of coffee on a journey into Abyssinia.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

It was in asserting this right that the famous Richard Coeur de Lion, King of England, met his death.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

At another institution over 3500 students have been trained for Red Cross duties, and a great work has been done in recruiting men for the skilled sections of the Royal Flying Corps.
— from Our Schools in War Time—and After by Arthur D. (Arthur Davis) Dean

Soon afterwards a wild Welsh and Cornish infantry was enrolled, and we hear of lagers and intrenchments, and in 1302 one of the first really crushing defeats is inflicted on chivalry at the hands of burghers by the men of Bruges, who slew forty counts and barons at Cambray.
— from Armour in England, from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First by John Starkie Gardner

The drum-beat of a regiment going to the front rang clear down the Quai des Tuileries.
— from The Adventures of François Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master during the French Revolution by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

As soon as the first real cold days began, about the end of November, the women used to appear at the château asking for warm clothes for the children.
— from Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary King Waddington

The bottles are then taken to the finishing room, cork down and the wine is "disgorged."
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

The first regiment came dashing upon us without warning, yelling and shooting.
— from Recollections of a Pioneer by J. W. (J. Watt) Gibson

The parson's son, the famous runner, Came dressed to follow hounds on foot.
— from Reynard the Fox by John Masefield

The oldest, John Charles, Lord Althorp, succeeded his father in 1834, and died childless in 1845; the second, Sarah, is the present Dowager Lady Lyttelton; the fifth, Robert Cavendish, died unmarried in 1830; the sixth, Georgiana, was married to Lord George Quin, son to the Marquis of Headfort, and died in 1823; the seventh, Frederick, father of the present earl, succeeded his eldest brother in 1845.
— from Life of Father Ignatius of St. Paul, Passionist (The Hon. & Rev. George Spencer). by Pius a Sp. Sancto (Pius a Spiritu Sancto)

The village of Tourves has an obelisk by the fine ruined Château de Valbelle, on a ridge to the left.
— from The Motor Routes of France To the Châteaux of Touraine, Biarritz, the Pyrenees, the Riviera, & the Rhone Valley by Gordon Home