No one will dispute that the rudimentary teeth in the upper jaws of young ruminants, and certain rudimentary bones of the leg, are highly serviceable in exhibiting the close affinity between Ruminants and Pachyderms.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

I have the fullest confidence in the united judgment of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony and I am glad they are so vigorous in the work."
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

With one hand Vidar seizes the upper jaw of the wolf, and thus rends asunder his mouth.
— from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

2 Real dangers beset the woods and mountain passes, the swamp and quicksand; in such forms did they haunt the untamed jungles of imagination!
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

The illustrious dogs of Constantinople barked their under jaws off, and even then failed to do us justice.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

The soldiers lent willing ears, and up jumped one of the Arcadians at once, to find fault with Xenophon.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

their bridle is usually a hair rope tyed with both ends to the under jaw of the horse, and their saddle consists of a pad of dressed skin stuffed with goats hair with wooden stirups.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

I will not tell the needless trouble I had breaking into that house—afterwards I found the front door was on the latch—nor how I ransacked every room for food, until just on the verge of despair, in what seemed to me to be a servant’s bedroom, I found a rat-gnawed crust and two tins of pineapple.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The army under Johnston occupied a strongly intrenched position at Dalton, Georgia, covering and defending Atlanta, Georgia, a place of great importance as a railroad centre, against the armies under Major-General W. T. Sherman.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

The inner line of the sockets of the molar teeth in the upper jaw of the wild rabbit forms a perfectly straight line; but in some of the largest skulls of the lop-eared this line was plainly bowed inwards.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin

It was publicly read amidst the universal joy of the people, and prayers were offered up for the Sultan, also for Sir Moses.
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 1 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

This then is the thing we say, to wit, that he that is made righteous unto justification of life before God, is also habituated with a principle of righteousness, as that which follows that righteousness by which he stood just before.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

In Amphioxus, however, the blastopore is at first placed exactly at the hind end of the body, though later it passes up just on to the dorsal side ( vide p. 4 ).
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

; war of independence in, 86 , 316 , 317 , 430-444 ; formation of United States of, 98 , 99 , 318 , 322 , 378 , 382 , 461 ; provinces in confederation of, 98 , 99 , 267 , 318 , 320-322 , 337 , 378 , 443 ; Bolivar, President of confederation of, 99 , 322 , 378 , 442 , 443 , 448 , 450 , 451 ; southern part under jurisdiction of Quito, 312 ; Constitution of Cucutá, 322 , 386 ; confederation of, breaks up, 324 , 388 , 451 , 452 ; at war with Peru, 324 ; civil wars in, 333 , 337 , 417 , 450-458 , 460 , 470 , 476 , 481-485 ; boundaries of, 403 ; gold in, 404 , 406-409 , 412 , 414 , 416 , 424 ; cities founded in, 404-406 , 408 , 409 , 413-416 , 424 ; climate of, 405 , 406 , 410 , 422 , 424 , 425 ; rainfall in, 405 ; tropical forests of, 406 ; fertility of, 406 , 410 , 412 , 414 , 420 , 421 ; Indian slavery in, 406 , 416 ; negro slaves in, 422 , 425 ; early civilisation of, 404 , 409-412 ; population of, 409 , 410 , 413 , 422 , 424 ; territorial divisions of, 416 ; royal commissioners sent to, 417 , 427 ; erected into a presidency, 418 , 419 ; jurisdiction of presidency, 419 , 420 ; colonial period of, 419-429 ; names of, 419 , 458 , 459 , 461 ; education in, 420 , 422 , 454 , 456 , 461 ; roads built in, 420 , 428 ; river transportation in, 420 ; creoles of, 421 , 422 , 427 , 428 , 430 , 431 , 476 ; agricultural products of, 421 , 424 , 428 ; Antioquia, great mineral province of, 422 ; commercial conditions in, 422 , 425 , 427 , 428 , 485 ; taxation in, 422 , 424 , 427 , 428 , 481 ; authors of, celebrated, 422 ; mineral products of, 424 ; Spanish colonial system in, 424 , 427 , 428 , 431 ; decrease in population of, 425 ; smuggling in, 425 ; religious conditions in, 425 , 437 , 455-458 , 461 , 462 , 469 , 470 ; governors of, 425 , 428 , 437 ; diseases rife in, 426 ; "Rebellion of the Communes" in, 427 ; viceroys of, 428 , 430 , 431 ; exports of, 428 , 464 ; claim of, to Central America, 429 ; Congress of, 432 , 433 , 437 , 439 ; battles in, 433 , 437 , 439 , 441 , 443 , 461 , 462 , 467 , 482 ; independence of, recognised, 442 , 446 ; financial conditions in, 446 , 447 , 455 , 463-466 , 468 , 472 , 485 ; public debt of, 446 , 447 , 468 , 469 , 478 , 479 ; credit of, 447 ; liberty of the Press in, 450 , 457 ; numerous constitutions of, 452 , 455 , 457 , 460-462 , 468 , 469 , 475 , 478 , 480 ; political conditions in, 454-462 , 465 , 469 , 476 , 480 , 481 ; right of suffrage in, 454 , 459-461 , 469 ; steam navigation introduced into, 455 ; death penalty abolished, 456 , 461 ; campaign of, against Ecuador, 462 ; power of judiciary in, 462 , 469 ; receipts from Panama railway, 464 ; franchise of railway extended, 465 ; becomes a consolidated republic, 468 , 469 , 479 ; name changed to Republic of, 468 , 480 ; length of presidential term in, 469 , 481 ; paper currency in, 470 , 478 , 485 ; negotiates treaties with United States, 470 ; rejects treaties, 471 , 485 , 486 ; Panama declares her independence of, 471 ; threatens war against United States, 472 ; [Pg 498] future of, 472 ; appeals to United States, 480 ; demands of, in regard to Panama Canal, 485 , 486 Colombian army, the, 98 , 267 , 323 , 326 , 337 Colon (city), 405 ; burned, 480 ; captured, 485 ; adheres to Panama, 488 Colonia (city), 152 Columbus, Bartholomew, 404 Columbus, Christopher, 347 , 348 Concepcion, founded, 139 , 140 , 142 , 151 ; burned, 145 ; destroyed by tidal wave, 154 ; patriots capture, 164 ; southern capital of Chile, 191 Concordat signed by Ecuador, 337 "Conquistadores," the, 50 , 56 , 424 Copiapo, valley of, 137 ; mines of, 199 Copper, 8 , 117 , 211 , 238 , 239 Copper-pan amalgamation process, 241 Coquimbo, founded, 138 ; northern capital of Chile, 151 , 190 Cordero, Luis, President of Ecuador, 340 , 341 Cordilleras, the, 4 , 11 , 33 , 259 , 286 , 290 , 376 , 408 Cordoba, General, 387 , 451 Cordoba, Gonzalo de, 21 Coro (city), 348-350 , 360 , 361 , 406 , 413 , 420 Corregidors, 60 , 64 , 69 , 243 , 248 , 249 ; abolished, 72 , 254 "Corregimentos," 64 Cortes, Hernando, conqueror of Mexico, 22 , 26 , 44 , 407 Cortes, the Spanish, 166 ,436 Cotopaxi, eruption of, 298 Cotton, 3 , 8 , 111 , 113 , 238 , 412 Council of the Indies, 304 Covadonga , the, 119 Coya (city), 145 Creoles, 65 , 66 , 243 , 279 , 308 , 310 , 421 ; growth of revolutionary ideas among, 72 , 74 , 77 , 84 , 159 , 160 , 257 , 311 , 312 , 338 , 359-362 , 388 , 430 ; characteristics of, 272 , 273 , 357 , 396 , 422 ; education among, 307 , 309 , 310 , 336 , 353 , 384 ; new race of, 354 Crespo, President of Venezuela, 396 Croix, General Theodore de, 72 Cuaspud, battle of, 337 , 462 Cuba, captain-general of, 429 Cubagua, island of, 348 Cucutá (city), 382 ; Colombian Congress meets at, 443 , 448 Cucutá, constitution of, 322 , 443 Cuenca (city), 100 Cuenca (province), 291 , 298 , 312 , 314 , 323 , 324 , 327 ; plateau of, 288 , 307 , 308 Cumaná, oldest city in South America, 348 , 351 , 383 Cumaná (province), 356 , 362 ; transferred to jurisdiction of Venezuela, 426 Cundinamarca, State of, 465 , 467 , 469 Cuyo (province), 78 , 149 ; separation of, from Chile, 155 Cuzco, plateau of, 3 , 4 , 9 Cuzco (city), Inca capital, 5 , 12 , 18 , 19 , 32 , 33 , 59 , 63 , 103 , 108 , 291 , 295 ; military road from, 9 , 18 , 28 ; possessed by Spanish, 32-36 , 39 , 238 , 258 D Darien, gold-mines of, 22 ; Gulf of, 403 , 404 Daza, General, 278 De Lesseps, Ferdinand, 482 Drake, Sir Francis, 428 Ducasse captures Cartagena, 428 Duchisela, long reign of, 288 E Earthquake, of 1751, 154 ; of 1812, 363 [Pg 499] Echenique, General, President of Peru, 109 , 110 Ecuador, Cara conquest of, 11-13 , 286-288 ; Inca conquest of, 12 , 13 , 17 , 24 , 288 , 291-296 ; character of inhabitants of, 24 , 27 , 286 , 287 , 289 , 307 , 342 , 343 , 357 , 409 ; gold and silver in, 27 , 53 , 307 ; military roads in, 12 , 28 , 307 , 336 ; Spanish conquest of, 58 , 67 , 297 et seq.
— from The South American Republics, Part 2 of 2 by Thomas Cleland Dawson

Below, British soldiers laying the Union Jack over the coffins of victims recovered after the sinking of the Lusitania.
— from Horrors and Atrocities of the Great War Including the Tragic Destruction of the Lusitania by Logan Marshall

If she is already married, she will be unduly jealous of her husband.
— from Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical Exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller

I have become aware that unscrupulous jealousy of the principal wife exists, and, as is usual in the East, everybody distrusts everybody else, and prefers to trust strangers.
— from Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 1 (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

This levity of spirit is the root of all mischief; it scatters our thoughts in the service of God; it is the cause of all revolts and apostasies from him; it makes us unfit to receive the communications of God: whatsoever we hear is like words writ in sand, ruffled out by the next gale; whatsoever is put into us is like precious liquor in a palsy hand, soon spilt: it breeds distrust of God when we have an uncertain judgment of him, we are not like to confide in him; an uncertain judgment will be followed with a distrustful heart.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock