That the different conduct of Henry with regard to Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, implies how different an opinion he had of them; that in the first case, he used natural and most rational methods prove him an impostor; whereas his whole behaviour in Perkin's case was mysterious, and betrayed his belief or doubt that Warbeck was the true duke of York.
— from Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole

"As the news of my imprisonment became extensively known," he wrote, "and the merits of the case understood, not a mail rolled into the city but it brought me consolatary letters from individuals hitherto unknown to me, and periodicals of all kinds from every section of the Union (not even excepting the South), all uniting to give me a triumphant acquittal—all severely reprehending the conduct of Mr. Todd—and all regarding my trial as a mockery of justice.
— from William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké

Add to this, my situation was in other respects very unpleasant; I met many large fish, who were, if I could judge by their open mouths, not only able, but really wished to devour us; now, as my Rosinante was blind, I had these hungry gentlemen's attempts to guard against, in addition to my other difficulties.
— from The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe

The amino acid code was solely a matter of theory until Nirenberg and Matthaei ( [ref.155] ) at the National Institutes of Health carried out a crucial experiment.
— from Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964 by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

You see," looking at Farquharson, "I'm still acting-governor, and shall be until notice accepting my resignation comes back from Mexico City.
— from The Bride of Mission San José: A Tale of Early California by John Augustine Cull

Some of them yet remain what the old Puritans called 'boxes of [pg 198] whistles'—that is, they are all pipes; but many of them might with equal propriety be called 'boxes of Jews-harps,' being all reeds, or rather vibrating metal tongues—and more still are of a mixed character, having pipes for the upper notes, and metal reeds for the bass.
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 by Various

He gets into debt, becomes a victim of the cattle-dealer, the real-estate jobber, the usurer; notes and mortgages ruin whole villages, even more than the frightful taxes imposed by State and commune.
— from Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher

From all parts the people congregate upon the shore, lay in their winter supplies, and stuff themselves until not a morsel remains.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Here may spring up new and mongrel races *
— from Colorado—The Bright Romance of American History by F. C. Grable