But if I can show that the custom of killing the god and the belief in his resurrection originated, or at least existed, in the hunting and pastoral stage of society, when the slain god was an animal, and that it survived into the agricultural stage, when the slain god was the corn or a human being representing the corn, the probability of my explanation will have been considerably increased.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

There was a wooded island on the horizon, and pretty soon our ship was so low we lost sight of it behind those trees.”
— from Nancy Dale, Army Nurse by Ruby Lorraine Radford

Now, my mistress was possessed of that high and proud sort of spirit upon which the hint of danger [Pg 42] acts as fuel to fire or spur to steed.
— from Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray

Nothing forces itself more constantly upon the thoughts of a Northerner at the South who looks into the history and present state of slavery, than the vast injury which has resulted from Northern interference."
— from Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession by Beverley B. (Beverley Bland) Munford

Nevertheless, they were reissued in a volume the year after they first appeared, in 1895, and they had a pleasing share of such favor as their author’s books have enjoyed.
— from Literature and Life (Complete) by William Dean Howells

Nevertheless, they were reissued in a volume the year after they first appeared, in 1895, and they had a pleasing share of such favor as their author's books have enjoyed.
— from My Literary Passions by William Dean Howells

I plead for the Box, not for its fragrance, for you may not be so fortunate as to have a Puritan sense of smell, nor for its weird influence, for that is intangible; but because it is the most becoming of all edgings to our garden borders of old-time flowers.
— from Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

In either case I would advise you always to have a plentiful supply of salted meat in the house, to be ready for emergencies; and I would always have a ham, a tongue, or a piece of hung beef, ready cooked; which will not only be useful for breakfast, and luncheon, but will be found a most potent auxiliary in the case of unexpected guests arriving when the larder may be at a low ebb.
— from The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon

It was something new for these folks to hear a parson singing old Scotch songs; some seemed to look upon it with considerable suspicion; others showed their enjoyment and appreciation by attending closely to my remarks, and vociferously applauding my simple rendering of the old ballads.
— from The Gentle Persuasion: Sketches of Scottish Life by Alan Gray