He also offered his accustomed sacrifices and burnt- offerings upon the altar.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The first few months were very happy ones, and Beth often used to look round, and say "How beautiful this is!" as they all sat together in her sunny room, the babies kicking and crowing on the floor, mother and sisters working near, and father reading, in his pleasant voice, from the wise old books which seemed rich in good and comfortable words, as applicable now as when written centuries ago, a little chapel, where a paternal priest taught his flock the hard lessons all must learn, trying to show them that hope can comfort love, and faith make resignation possible.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

They next presented us with some mantles and waistcoats, as they themselves wore, and begged of us to accept them in good kind; saying they had no more gold to give us, but that further on towards the setting of the sun there was a country where it was found in great abundance; hereby often repeating the word Culba, [Pg 28] Culba, and Mexico, Mexico.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

As emigration from east to west follows the latitude, so does the foreign influx in New York distribute itself along certain well-defined lines that waver and break only under the stronger pressure of a more gregarious race or the encroachments of inexorable business.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

When Winter muffles up his cloak, He was the king o' a' the core, To guard, or draw, or wick a bore, Or up the rink like Jehu roar, In time o' need; But now he lags on Death's hog-score— Tam Samson's dead!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

I saw I should have no small family to provide for; and then, to conclude the evening, Phil, Tim, and I, had a bottle of usquebaugh, the taste of which I had remembered for eleven good years, and did not part except with the warmest terms of fellowship, and until the sun had been some time in the sky.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

“It was a discouraging thing to see this great expanse of plain, or, rather, to feel it before us, for we could not see it; we could only see a thick, endless veil of snow, above, below, opposite us, to the right, to the left, everywhere.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

‘If you knew,’ she said, ‘how grateful I feel for the opportunity of changing the scene of my sorrows and being of use to my friends after this lonely life of mine, you would not thank me.
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

A powder barrel is a common barrel, filled with powder, to roll from the top of a breach, or upon the head of a sap from the glacis.
— from A System of Pyrotechny Comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry; designed for exhibition and for war. by James Cutbush

When playing the little martingale the player has to double his stake every time he loses, in order to recover his losses and be one unit to the good.
— from Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf by Ralph Nevill

At last a small ray of hope began to rise, very feeble at first, and based only upon the incomprehensible reprieve we were enjoying.
— from Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger

Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 15: Ezra by Anonymous

Just level with the gardens the wood is almost bare of undergrowth; there is little to obstruct the sight but the dead hanging branches, and one couple are always up and down here.
— from The Hills and the Vale by Richard Jefferies

Oh, that I could be a good queen like my mother, and be of use to my people!
— from Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various

Whilst I was talking to my friend Eric, a sudden altercation broke out upon the deck, and a great number of the men paused in their work, and flocked towards the spot with faces which showed that they were deeply interested in the matter.
— from The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago by Arthur Conan Doyle

Quietly the assaulting column descended the stairway and burst out upon the guards outside.
— from Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger