It took, among men of honor, the place of the public executions, the massacres in battle and siege, decimation of rebels and similar means of killing at the hands of others, which so often mar the historical records of western nations.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

He has gone to his rest; Oh! weep not for the dead,-- For the loved and the lost Let no bitter tears be shed.
— from Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Abigail Stanley Hanna

The horsemen rode on without noticing the shots.
— from Hands Up; or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountains Detective Association by D. J.‏ ‎(David J.) Cook

“Paris is invested; and no one can now leave.” XVIII In fact, the news had just come, that the Western Railroad, the last one that had remained open, was now cut off.
— from Other People's Money by Emile Gaboriau

These hotter regions, otherwise, will never be utilized.
— from A Settler's 35 Years' Experience in Victoria, Australia And how £6 8s. became £8,000 by E. (Edward) Hulme

The story of Father Matthew is very interesting in this regard because there is some striking testimony as to his reformation of whole neighborhoods that had been given over to drink before and that among a people especially emotional and susceptible.
— from Psychotherapy Including the History of the Use of Mental Influence, Directly and Indirectly, in Healing and the Principles for the Application of Energies Derived from the Mind to the Treatment of Disease by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

O f o v e r t h r o w; Nor shall the seas, O r o u t r a g e s Of storms o'erbear
— from The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 by Robert Herrick

" It was at first generally believed that this document was but one of many sent out in order to deceive the enemy, but it is now thought that his real object was not to deceive the enemy, who knew only too well the actual state of affairs, so much as to get them to let his messengers pass, if caught by them, and that then the messengers could deliver a vivá voce message, and tell the appalling truth.
— from General Gordon A Christian Hero by Seton Churchill

He informed me that his recruiting office was not then arranged, though he had engaged a room a little farther up Broadway, and his sergeant was preparing to open it.
— from Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 by Henry C. (Henry Coddington) Meyer