I buried my spurs in the sides of my Courser, and Marguerite goaded on hers with the poignard, which had already rendered us such good service.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

MOLLUSCA--Shells and Shellfish By Dr. William Healey Dall, of the United States Geological Survey Fig.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

I have written officially and unofficially to Governor Moore, that with my opinions of the claimed right of accession, of the seizure of public forts, arsenals, etc., and the ignominious capture of a United States garrison, stationed in your midst, as a guard to the arsenal and for the protection of your own people, it would be highly improper for me longer to remain.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

I've burnt upon Saint Gilda's shrine Three pounds of virgin wax.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Its immense weight caused an unusually sharp grating sound, as it moved upon its hinges.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

Then said King Harald, "Let us now fall upon some good sensible counsel; for it is not to be concealed that this is an hostile army and the king himself without doubt is here.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The following books are recommended for reference or further study: in connection with Chapters II and IV , F. Howard Collins, Author and Printer (Henry Frowde); Chicago University Press, Manual of Style ; T. L. De Vinne, Correct Composition (The Century Company); Horace Hart, Rules for Compositors and Printers (Oxford University Press); George McLane Wood, Extracts from the Style-Book of the Government Printing Office (United States Geological Survey); in connection with Chapters III and V , The King's English (Oxford University Press); Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Art of Writing (Putnam), especially the chapter, Interlude on Jargon; George McLane Wood, Suggestions to Authors (United States Geological Survey); John Lesslie Hall, English Usage (Scott, Foresman and Co.); James P. Kelley, Workmanship in Words (Little, Brown and Co.).
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk

He contended that a fortress on a hill was difficult to defend, one on a plain less so; but that the easiest and most secure was one whose defences partly extended along the level, and in part rose upon steep ground, such as Verona, which he maintained could be more easily held by five thousand men against eighty thousand, than most towns by eight thousand against half that besieging force.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun

212 p. (U. S. Geological Survey, Bull.
— from North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota

In spite of the fact that the usefulness of geology had been clearly indicated by the experience of the German and British armies, the American Expeditionary Force was slow to avail itself in large measure of this tool; but after some delay a geologic service was started on somewhat similar lines under the efficient leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred H. Brooks, Director of the Division of Alaskan Resources in the U. S. Geological Survey.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

But the United States Geological Survey decided otherwise, and transferred the colonel’s name to the north-east corner of the Park.
— from The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive by Hiram Martin Chittenden

Nevertheless, there is nothing comparable to a good friend; no slave is so affectionate to our person or interest; no horse can render us so great service; in a word, nothing is so useful to us in all occasions.
— from The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates by Xenophon

Sometimes it seems to me as if all Brookville considered itself under special guardianship, sort of a hen-and-chicken arrangement, you know.
— from An Alabaster Box by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Topographic maps, showing towns and roads also, of a large part of the United States are published by the United States Geological Survey.
— from Going Afoot: A book on walking. by Bayard Henderson Christy

Massachusetts Department of Public Works and U. S. Geological Survey Cooperative Geologic Project, Bulletin #7. Boston, 1941.
— from Life in the Shifting Dunes A popular field guide to the natural history of Castle Neck, Ipswich, Massachusetts by Laurence B. White

In literature they claim two eminent names, Irving and Poe; but in the army, navy, politics, and business [Pg 32] they claim John Paul Jones, Perry, Andrew Jackson, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, George B. McClellan, Alexander Hamilton, John C. Calhoun, James G. Blaine, Jefferson Davis, Thomas Benton, Hendricks, John G. Carlisle, Mark Hanna, William McKinley, Matthew S. Quay, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Horace Greeley, Henry Watterson, and hundreds alike famous in the more strenuous movements of American life.
— from Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons

Fort Snelling, at the mouth of St. Peter’s, U. S. Garrison, seven miles below the Falls of St. Anthony, Upper Mississippi.
— from Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2) being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection by George Catlin