Among other things he wrote a good deal of scandal and falsehood respecting our officers, and accused Alvarado, that he had left Leon with upwards of 200 men and the whole of our cavalry which composed the rear-guard, in the lurch, and that in order to save his own life he had taken the Alvarado's leap indeed, in accordance with the old proverb: Leap and save your life!
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Here and there one projects lone and solitary, forming a promontory round which the steamer creeps, seeming to cling to its densely-wooded sides.
— from Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent

It would be much more in keeping with the modern situation if the object of suffrage organizations were to read, not "to obtain the vote" but "to obtain political, legal and social equality for women."
— from The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry

"Why should a man," he said, "when knowledge grows, Leave therefore the old patriarchal life, And seek distinction in the noise of men?"
— from The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by George MacDonald

In the early days, thousands of persons landed at San Francisco with no definite knowledge of the country, and with the impression that the gold mines were within a few hours’ walk of the city, and possibly inside its corporate limits.
— from The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox

Perhaps the most important of these inventions are those of Professor Langley and Sir Hiram Maxim.
— from Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

The rest were selected from a great number of others, that were accessible, as being most typical of Philippine life and scenery.
— from The Philippine Islands by Ramon Reyes Lala

Puntáli, tags of points, long aglets, sharpe bodkins.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

A sharp cleavage immediately developed, one party led by “Peachy” being strongly in favour of obeying the orders, the other party, leaderless and scattering, strongly opposed.
— from The Doctor : A Tale of the Rockies by Ralph Connor