The party that were sent this morning up Netul river for the Elk returned in the even ing with three of them only; the Elk had been killed just before the snow fell which had covered them and so altered the apparent face of the country that the hunters could not find the Elk which they had killed.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The body found at the Barri�re du Roule, was found under such circumstances as to leave us no room for embarrassment upon this important point.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

I am sure of one thing: we shall behave gallantly against these Northmen, if they attack us; but if our young people give way, and should not stand to it, let us not run farther than to that stream; but if they should give way farther, which I am sure they will not do, let it not be farther than to that hill."
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

"I cannot understand no rain falling.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

From this tree they cut pieces of wood about two cubits in length and arrange them like bricks, fastening the boat together by running a great number of long bolts through the two-cubit pieces; and when they have thus fastened the boat together, they lay cross-pieces 81 over the top, using no ribs for the sides; and within they caulk the seams with papyrus.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The body found at the Barrière du Roule, was found under such circumstances as to leave us no room for embarrassment upon this important point.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

"The Chronicle of Saint Denis, and the authenticity of its information is beyond question, leaves us no room for doubt on that point.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

The above is the general idea of metaphysics, which, as more was expected from it than could be looked for with justice, and as these pleasant expectations were unfortunately never realized, fell into general disrepute.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

She hove up the bag of money and put it in the king’s hands, and says, “Take this six thousand dollars, and invest for me and my sisters any way you want to, and don’t give us no receipt for it.”
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 1851 he went north again, and came upon numerous rivers flowing north, affluents of the Zambezi.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

[210] on a pound there is, however, unhappily no room for doubt, and for small unsecured loans 260 per cent.
— from Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard Henry Becker

[72- 73] There were other purchases, too; cot-beds that folded into almost nothing when not in use, blankets, sheets, mattresses, and pillows, dishes and a few extra cooking utensils, new records for Mr. Cole’s talking machine, two brightly-hued and inexpensive Japanese rugs for the upper deck and numerous lesser things.
— from Captain Chub by Ralph Henry Barbour

If we must go to war in order to obtain reparation for insults and spoliations on our trade, we must do it, even if we carry the present Treaty into effect; for the Treaty gives us no reparation for the aggressions committed since it was ratified, has not produced a discontinuance of those acts of hostility, and gives us no security that they shall be discontinued.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

He was the absolute property of his mahout, which would never have been the case under native rule, for Moti Guj was a creature to be desired by kings; and his name, being translated, meant the Pearl Elephant.
— from Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling

Of a gentle and unselfish nature, resolute, fearless in battle, a born fighter, Morgan was the ideal leader of the riflemen of the frontier.
— from The Story of American History for Elementary Schools by Albert F. (Albert Franklin) Blaisdell

[70] Returning to the train after my long tramp, we lunched, and after the usual noonday rest for the stock, mounted our horses and proceeded on our afternoon drive.
— from The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Charles Birge

Radisson rightly guessed that the ship had sailed up Nelson River, firing cannon as she went to notify Indians for trade.
— from Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. Laut

"God has sent us no rain for many days, but if the señor would like some pulque —" I close with the suggestion and instruct the mozo to try it, to see if, in his experienced judgment, it is good.
— from Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock