Stamps affixed to Letters coming from either of the British North American Provinces, the United Kingdom or the United States, and recognized as equivalent to pre-payment at the Office where the Letter has been posted—are to be allowed in Canada as evidence of pre-payment accordingly, on the Letters to which they have been affixed.
— from Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton A. (Clifton Armstrong) Howes

Then, as it dips deeper and deeper, the curves gradually disappear, till exactly half of the ball is hidden: at that moment the outline is that of what is usually styled a Roman arch (early Norman).
— from Galicia, the Switzerland of Spain by Annette M. B. Meakin

First, they objected to the gentleman proposed for chairman; then they interrupted the speakers; and, finally, kicked up such a row as effectually to drown the voice of the secretary, who was trying to read the first resolution offered.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

Most of them took refuge under stones and rocks and escaped, but their leader, the shark, fled to his own cave.
— from Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

[127] were from all quarters of the United States, and represented almost every nationality.
— from Thirty Years on the Frontier by Robert McReynolds