Marie, who found herself somewhat indisposed on her return from escorting M. le Curé to the rectory," replied Claudine, the girl who had conducted La Goualeuse back from the rectory, and thus unconsciously frustrated the evil designs of the Chouette.
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue

Dr. Jones tells us further that, even during his closing days, when the severity of his pain drew forth a groan of complaint, he would observe [Pg 113] that he was afraid that he did not bear his sufferings as he ought, acknowledged his grateful sense of the many blessings he had received from that Supreme Being who had raised him from small and low beginnings to such high rank and consideration among men, and made no doubt but his present afflictions were kindly intended to wean him from a world, in which he was no longer fit to act the part assigned to him.
— from Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

Pages of The Inferno might be cited to show their resemblance to documents which have come to us from the Egyptian desert, or from the narrow cell of a recluse.
— from The Son of a Servant by August Strindberg

They trained up from their early days the Protestant nobility and gentry in the principles of morality and virtue.
— from Secret Service Under Pitt by William J. (William John) Fitz-Patrick

A beautiful story comes to us from the early days of the war.
— from With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William E. Sellers

‘You’ll come up to us for the examination, Dolly dear, and we shall do it together, and that will be nice!’
— from The Two Sides of the Shield by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The more we study their Hierarchies and find out their identity, the more proofs we acquire that there is not one of the past or present personal Gods, known to us from the earliest days of history, that does not belong to the third stage of cosmic manifestation.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

George R. We, taking into Our most serious Consideration the just and necessary Hostilities in which We are engaged, and the unnatural Rebellion carrying on in some of Our Provinces and Colonies in North America, and putting Our Trust in Almighty God, that he will vouchsafe a special Blessing on Our Arms both by Sea and Land, have resolved, and do, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, hereby command, That a Publick Fast and Humiliation be observed throughout that Part of Our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, Our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, upon Friday the Eighth Day of February next; that so both We and Our People may humble Ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain Pardon of Our Sins; and may, in the most devout and solemn Manner, send up Our Prayers and Supplications to the Divine Majesty, for averting those heavy Judgements which Our manifold Sins and Provocations have most justly deserved, and imploring His Blessing and Assistance on Our Arms, and for restoring and perpetuating Peace, Safety, and Prosperity to Us and Our Kingdoms:
— from British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, 1603-1783 by Great Britain. Sovereign

How wantonly even some of the first traders destroyed them is often shown by the few writings that have come down to us from those early days.
— from Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat by George Bird Grinnell