By way of relieving my embarrassment one of the gentlemen began the conversation, with "Have you seen a paper to-day, Mr. Coleridge?"
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The title page has a conspicuously blank space for the date etc. of the publication, but this is found at the foot of p. 81, where one reads: Marcobraitæ, Excudebat Joan.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Though I could not hear all that passed, a few words occasionally reached my ears, and the appearance of Charles, and the words he had spoken to me, sufficed to convince me that a terrible crisis was at hand.
— from Palissy the Huguenot Potter: A True Tale by C. L. (Cecilia Lucy) Brightwell

Count A. d'Orsay's sledge presented the form of a dragon, and the accoutrements and horse were beautiful; the harness was of red morocco, embroidered with gold.
— from The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

The career of a man like this in a generation, or even in a century, is a vital inspiration, and far worthier of record more elaborate, than a brief and humble sketch like this.
— from Makers and Romance of Alabama History by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Riley

In answer to the argument that a "war of races" might ensue, Mr. Julian said: "Sir, a war of races in this country can only be the result of denying to the negro his rights, just as such wars have been caused elsewhere; and the late troubles in Jamaica should teach us, if any lesson can, the duty of dealing justly with our millions of freedmen.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

Hence at the beginning of my first Administration the work of reconstruction, much embarrassed by the long delay, virtually commenced.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

He left his wife with one son, who, on reaching manhood, estranged himself from his mother by an undesirable marriage; indeed, it was immediately after this latter event that Christian quitted her post at Court, retiring to Rouen, where she lived until the possession of Ardguys, which she inherited a few months later, gave her a home of her own.
— from Flemington by Violet Jacob

Meantime two men had stationed themselves under the projecting roof of our inn at the outset of the shower, and kept up between themselves a conversation, of which a few words occasionally reached my ears.
— from Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton

The work of Rev. Mr. Eells at S’Kokomish is spoken of.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 32, No. 12, December, 1878 by Various