Rev. Dr. Mucker (in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman) Cold pie is a detestable American comestible.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

I was more disappointed than a young lady living in a town, or a bustling neighborhood can possibly imagine.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

When I was little, my mother and grandmother would be sitting round the fire of an evening telling fireside stories, and I can remember hearing about a pisky of this part who stole a new coat, and how the family heard him talking to himself about it, and then finally say:— Pisky fine and pisky gay, Pisky’s got a bright new coat, Pisky now will run away.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

There were eight roads leading into Vicksburg, along which and their immediate sides, our work was specially pushed and batteries advanced; but no commanding point within range of the enemy was neglected.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Luciferin, on the other hand, is not digested by proteolytic enzymes, is dialyzable, almost but not completely precipitated by saturation with (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 , and is soluble in absolute alcohol, acetone, and some other organic solvents, but not in the strictly fat-solvents like ether, chloroform, and benzol.
— from The Nature of Animal Light by E. Newton (Edmund Newton) Harvey

American Bank Note Co. (PWH); 3Aug64; R342349.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1960-1964 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 31Oct56; R179370.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1951-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 23Mar61; R273460.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1960-1964 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 20Mar58; R211116. 40 Pillars Palace.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1951-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 11Mar54; R126937.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1951-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 28May58; R215792.
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American Bank Note Co. (PWH); 28Apr64; R336376.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1960-1964 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 29Oct54; R137901.
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American Bank Note Co. (PCB); 30Jul58; R218904.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1951-1959 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office