26-28 he tells us that "the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, for he hath put all things under his feet.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno

The descent from the upper to the lower end of this street being so very steep, has brought very whimsical distresses upon many of the inhabitants—some of the ground-floors, that were almost level with the street, are now eight, nine, and some ten steps, and those very steep, from the ground; while others, to which you used to ascend by three or four steps, are now as many below the surface.
— from Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 2 (of 2) Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc. by James Peller Malcolm

As to the first of these, the apostle tells us that "the law entered, that the offence might abound" (Rom 5:20), or be discovered what it is.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

"I will," he said; "I have some thousands to divide among the various religious and benevolent objects, and shall give a certain sum—perhaps as much as a thousand dollars—in the name of each of my three children who are old enough to understand these things, letting each of you select the cause, or causes, to which his or her share is to go." "Which are the causes, papa?"
— from Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley

The spinal cord is not uniform in thickness, but tapers slightly, though not uniformly, from the upper toward the lower end.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters

By drawing the blood from the upper to the lower extremities they equalize the circulation, thereby lessening the heart's action and quieting the respiration.
— from Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

We had gone about an hour, when a loud tramp and shouting ahead, together with a vision of wild figures on the hills on either hand, told us that the long expected meeting had come at last.
— from Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed

Wherever you are, lost to me somewhere among the winding paths of this strange wood of the world, do you ever, as the moonlight falls over the sea, give a thought to that night when we sat together by a window overlooking the ocean, veiled in a haze of moonlit pearl, and, dimly seen near shore, a boat was floating, like some mystic barge, as we said, in our happy childishness, waiting to take us to the Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon ?
— from Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne

Tradition tells us that the last eight lines of "The American Flag" were added to the original draft by Drake's friend and fellow poet, Fitz-Greene Halleck.
— from The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various