Branch (of roads, etc.), disvojo.
— from English-Esperanto Dictionary by J. C. (John Charles) O'Connor

Henry Floyd , a bricklayer of Romsey, England, died, aged 47.
— 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

The third head with the cresting of fleur-de-lys may well be of rather earlier date, and the work of Sir George Vernon, the father of Dorothy.
— from Early Renaissance Architecture in England A Historical & Descriptive Account of the Tudor, Elizabethan, & Jacobean Periods, 1500-1625 by J. Alfred (John Alfred) Gotch

I shall take my bloomer one," replied Eleanor, decidedly.
— from Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

In a letter written soon after his return he says: As for myself, I am perfectly content with the life I lead—walking on business of routine every day from eleven to two, the rest of the day sitting over my hieroglyphics, or my mathematics, and conversing in my library with people beyond the Alps or the Mediterranean.
— from The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors by Bence Jones

I have been out riding every day for about three hours, which quite renovates me, and when I come home I have consequently a good deal to do, what with seeing people, reading despatches, writing, etc.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

If they are offended at these Discourses , they should as they came forth, have written solid Confutations of them, and so have prevented my Publication of any more of this kind: But instead of serious and potent Reasonings against me, I have met with little else but oral Railings, Exclamations, Defamations, and attempts for Prosecution; [Pg 70] which have been so far from terrifying me, that they give me a secret Pleasure, and animate me to proceed in the Undertaking in hand.
— from Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and Defences of His Discourses by Thomas Woolston

Nevertheless, she did not forget to look in the Great Book of Records each day to see if any mention was made of the visit of Ozma and Dorothy to the Enchanted Mountain of the Flatheads and the Magic Isle of the Skeezers.
— from Glinda of Oz In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of Princess Ozma of Oz, and Dorothy, in Their Hazardous Journey to the Home of the Flatheads, and to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers, and How They Were Rescued from Dire Peril by the Sorcery of Glinda the Good by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Directly opposite Ordoño's tomb lies the Countess Sancha, who, in a burst of religious enthusiasm, decided to leave her considerable worldly goods to the Church instead of to her nephew.
— from Cathedrals of Spain by John A. (John Allyne) Gade

"Dear mistress—perhaps you may have noticed that I have been out riding every day.
— from 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God by Jósika, Miklós, báró