It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

A rope spliced as above will be nearly as strong as the original rope, and smooth everywhere.
— from The Use of Ropes and Tackle by W. A. (William Armour) Pearl

Putting her arms round his neck, then she whispered to him that Mr. Carleton was in the other room, and shortly explained how he came to be there, and begged her uncle would go in and see him till supper should be ready.
— from Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner

Accordingly two of us took our rifles, and sure enough we found a large wolf track at the spot indicated.
— from Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 by Edward L. (Edward Lawton) Moss

There were then on his countenance the traces of recent and strong emotion, and his step was elastic, and his cheek flushed.
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

That obedience rendered and suffering endured by one soul should dispense with the liabilities of another, is a supposition at variance with the personal and inalienable nature of all sin; and to say that God "imputes the effects " of Christ's holiness to those who are not partakers in the cause, is to accuse the Divine government of total disregard to character and evasion of moral reality.
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau

From Denia, Tabea, and Altea, nearly 100,000 tons of raisins are shipped every year, chiefly for Great Britain.
— from Spain by Wentworth Webster

A kind, or, as the occasion required, a stern expostulation of his—for he was a justice of the peace moreover—brought them to their senses.
— from Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren

It was then that we made a compact with her, after a great deal of trouble, that she should tell or read a story every day after tea, and in return
— from Miss Grantley's Girls, and the Stories She Told Them by Thomas Archer