14 The four last named countries have, as we know, in the last decade entered very extensively into the emigration movement.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom
He published several valuable works, relating to different parts of the world, where his duties called him, and was knighted in 1831.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell
We missed the chance, however; and who knows if it will ever come again?
— from The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
We have as hearty a dislike of Calvinism as any one can have, and we know it passably well by our own early experience; but we confess that we have no wish to see old-fashioned Puritanism exchanged for pure rationalism or mere naturalism, and as against Henry Ward Beecher, we are strongly tempted to defend it.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various
Count Heribert, a worthy knight in the flower of his age, bade the nephew of his imperial master heartily welcome to his castle.
— from Legends of the Rhine by Wilhelm Ruland
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