Only small bodies of troops could maneuver, and the raising of guns up steep precipices was extremely difficult.
— from History of the World War, Vol. 3 by Richard Joseph Beamish

10 News reached the island that Gromadaza of the Boiling Lake, the wife of Famongomadan, had sent her defiance to Lisuarte, who in consequence had resolved to behead her daughter Madasima and other damsels of the race of giants unless she gave up her castles and yielded her kingdom to him.
— from Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence

For them she spun rare tales old and new and rendered Kim and the Water Babies, the Immortal Alice and other beloved favorites of the realms of gold until she knew them nearly by heart.
— from Sylvia Arden Decides by Margaret Piper Chalmers

Such a cosmetic used by queens of song and beauty restored the roses of girlhood; under such a treatment, wrinkles disappeared within a week—there were the photographs to prove it.
— from Far-away Stories by William John Locke