which Clearly proves that those nation at Some Period not more that a century or two past the Same nation—Those Dar ca ter's or Scioux inhabit or rove over the Countrey on the Red river of Lake Winipeck, St. Peter's & the West of the Missippie above Prarie De chain heads of River Demoin, and the Missouri and its waters on the N. Side for a great extent.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
The sūtra of that grammarian contains hundreds of rules dealing with Vedic forms; but these are of the nature of exceptions to the main body of his rules, which are meant to describe the Sanskrit language.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
"That is a great clue, considering there are about a score covers here of rival dinginess," said Stephen, drawing out the canterbury.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Amory was finding it a great relief to be in this cool house on Riverside Drive, away from more condensed New York and the sense of people expelling great quantities of breath into a little space.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
It was not till later that I learned that her magnetizers in early days, as audacious as certain hypnotizers of recent date, had somnambulized her for her first accouchements , and that she had lapsed into that state spontaneously in the later ones.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
C HAMBERLAINE , O RIGINAL D ESIGNS , Engraved by Bartolozzi.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
The girl should create her own room down to the last detail, not make everything herself, but plan it, plan its arrangement, its color (tone) if possible, and make those small decorative articles like pillows, runners, curtains, etc.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index by Cheshire Lowton Boone
The highway—of-News—may be clearer henceforth Of robber daring and footpad sly.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892 by Various
Nobody there could do anything for them, because nothing less than a war-ship could have overcome Red Dick, and there was no Chilean war-ship nearer than Valparaiso, and that was six days' steaming away.
— from Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
So from the crowned heads of royalty down to the bootblack, who lords it over the peddler of papers, because he makes his nickel where the other gets but a penny, we find the serpent self with its spirit of arrogance and malicious sting."
— from The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
In the Catacomb of St. Sebastian was also found a small terra cotta horse of rude design, dappled with coloured spots.
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
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