Of these the latter may have afforded a finer field for an acute and original observer, but the other was so strange in its inception and so dramatic in its details that it may be the more worthy of being placed upon record, even if it gave my friend fewer openings for those deductive methods of reasoning by which he achieved such remarkable results.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

By a most graceful custom which also prevailed until recently, each mourner at a funeral carried in his hand a sprig of rosemary, which he threw into the grave.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

This declaration will certainly be made in form, as soon as the lover can pick up resolution enough to stand the brunt of Mrs Tabby’s disappointment; for he is, without doubt, aware of her designs upon his person—The particulars of the denouement you shall know in due season: mean while I am Always yours, J. MELFORD LONDON, June 10.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Of these the latter may have afforded a finer field for an acute and original observer, but the other was so strange in its inception and so dramatic in its details, that it may be the more worthy of being placed upon record, even if it gave my friend fewer openings for those deductive methods of reasoning by which he achieved such remarkable results.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

Et leur communication à un large public un réel enjeu.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Abierta por sus dos extremos, con la embocadura formada por un recorte en forma de rectángulo, pero cuyo lado superior está eliminado y el opuesto a éste cortado, como en los clarinetes, hacia el ulterior y en forma de chaflán, tiene cinco agujeros
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

As in Gibraltar and St. Helena, laws in Weihaiwei are enacted by the head of the executive alone, not—as the phrase usually runs elsewhere—"with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council."
— from Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir

Even in Japan where a peculiar national diet prevailed until recently, European fare has displaced the old regime.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel

The second winter, however, many huts were put up, rough enough, but better calculated to withstand the cold than canvas.
— from The Blue and the Gray; Or, The Civil War as Seen by a Boy A Story of Patriotism and Adventure in Our War for the Union by Annie Randall White

“To follow Norman of Torn where he may lead, to protect the poor and the weak, to lay down your lives in defence of woman, and to prey upon rich Englishmen and harass the King of England.”
— from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs

On October 12th following, at Kingston, he gave the following parole to the authorities: "I, Angus McDonell, lieutenant in the 60th or Royal American regiment, now a prisoner to the United States of America and enlarged on my parole, do promise upon my word of honor that I will continue within one mile of the house of Jacobus Hardenburgh, and in the town of Hurley, in the county of Ulster; and that I will not do any act, matter or thing whatsoever against the interests of America; and further, that I will remove hereafter to such place as the governor of the state of New York or the president of the Council of Safety of the said state shall direct, and that I will observe this my parole until released, exchanged or otherwise ordered.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

Not only railways now forming, but also the great amount of draining operations contemplated, or already in progress under recent enactments, must tend in an eminent degree to alleviate the sufferings of the distressed districts, if a free current of labour can be established, so as to redress the inequalities prevailing in different places.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

A CCOUNT OF P UBLIC R ECORDS , 8vo.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

228 229 230 231 II NOTRE DAME DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER B oulogne-sur-mer is one of those neglected tourist points through which the much travelled person usually rushes en route to some other place.
— from The Cathedrals of Northern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield