we apply a poltice of the roots of Cows.- H2 anchor [Clark, June 22, 1806] Sunday June 22nd 1806 This morning by light all hands who Could hunt were Sent out, the result of the days performance was greater than we had even hopes for.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

we apply a poltice of the root of Cowes H2 anchor
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

At the end of that time Dost Mohammed, the ruler of Cabul, had acquired a preponderating influence in the country.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

It was agreed that there was no other way of accounting for the rescue of Cyrus Harding, and that Top deserved all the honor of the affair.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Such memorials of the passage and struggles of man are yet frequent throughout the broad barrier of wilderness which once separated the hostile provinces, and form a species of ruins that are intimately associated with the recollections of colonial history, and which are in appropriate keeping with the gloomy character of the surrounding scenery.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

The reign of Christ has already begun.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

The sage historian, who excited the virtue of the younger Scipio, and beheld the ruin of Carthage, has accurately described their military system; their levies, arms, exercises, subordination, marches, encampments; and the invincible legion, superior in active strength to the Macedonian phalanx of Philip and Alexander.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In the winter of ’61 and ’62 he was commissioned the colonel of the Fifth Georgia Regiment of State Troops and was assigned to the protection of the coast of the state for six months, when the regiment was reorganized for regular service in the Confederate army, with the retention of Colonel Harrison as its commander, his command now becoming the Thirty-second Regiment of Georgia Infantry.
— from Makers and Romance of Alabama History by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Riley

From within the building came the roar of coarse hilarity and coarser jests.
— from A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis

The Regency of Cadiz had anticipated trouble from the colonies and had recognized their rights as freemen by inviting them to send deputies to the national Cortes, but at the same time had abridged those rights by allowing them only a very limited representation, absurdly out of proportion to their population and commercial importance.
— from The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latané

In the reign of Caliph Haroun al Raschid there was at Bagdad a porter, who was a fellow of infinite wit and humor.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Anonymous

Waterways: 2,253 km; mostly navigable by small craft only Pipelines: crude oil 37 km Ports and harbors: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan Merchant marine: total : 99 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 641,090 GRT/899,243 DWT ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 83, combination bulk 1, oil tanker 2, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 note: North Korea owns an additional 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 58,435 DWT operating under the registries of Cambodia, Honduras, and Poland (1996 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

If these reefs of coral have a lagoon-like structure, they should have been coloured blue, and they would have formed an imperfect barrier in front of Palawan and the northern part of Borneo.
— from Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete by Charles Darwin

The difficulties of deciphering them, however, and their many peculiarities and formalisms of style, render them rather of curious historical and archaeological than of literary interest.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations by John Lord

The reign of Charlemagne had at last accomplished the promise of the sorceress Velleda and other soothsayers.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

The Governor-General may appoint one or more Deputy Registrars of Copyrights who shall, subject to the control of the Registrar of Copyrights, have all the powers conferred by this Act on the Registrar.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker