12. The country rose as one man at his refusal.—J. R. Green.
13. Mr. Simon Watts, though of extremely limited means, had some ambition.—R. M. Johnston.
14. Never do we more evince our arrogant ignorance than when we boast our knowledge.—Everett.
15. They are soon to be matched in a longer and more determined combat than the world has ever seen.—Motley.
16. Grief of that sort, and at that age, has killed more than ever have been counted amongst its martyrs.—De Quincey.
17. This resolution was in the same words, when originally submitted by Mr. Lee, as when finally passed.—Webster.
18. What matter if the Governor removes you from office? he cannot remove you from the lake; and if readers or customers will not bite, the pickerel will.—Higginson.
19. To Thompson’s credit be it recorded he showed no tendency to desert the cause he had espoused.—Tyndall.
20. In 1784, when he was twenty-one years of age, Carlton Palace was given to him, and furnished by the nation with as much luxury as could be devised.—Thackeray.
21. More than a thousand feet beneath us was the arching head of a waterfall.—King.