Possibly he was holding Mrs. Blossom up to her as a model of rectitude; perhaps he was asking her to laugh with him at a foible of one of his own people.
— from Scattergood Baines by Clarence Budington Kelland

“‘That so long ago as in 1815, in order to supply the sums of money required by these two persons, the Marquis d’Espard went with his two children to live in the Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Genevieve, in rooms quite unworthy of his name and rank’—well, we may live as we please—‘that he keeps his two children there, the Comte Clement d’Espard and Vicomte Camille d’Espard, in a style of living quite unsuited to their future prospects, their name and fortune; that he often wants money, to such a point, that not long since the landlord, one Mariast, put in an execution on the furniture in the rooms; that when this execution was carried out in his presence, the Marquis d’Espard helped the bailiff, whom he treated like a man of rank, paying him all the marks of attention and respect which he would have shown to a person of superior birth and dignity to himself.’
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

The Chevalier de Courten,—[The Chevalier de Courten was a Swiss, and a man of talent.]—who had been in Prussia, came in, and, hearing this story told, said, "I have seen what is much better than that: passing through a village in Prussia, I got out at the posthouse, while I was waiting for horses; and the postmaster, who was a captain in the Prussian service, showed me several letters in Frederick's handwriting, addressed to his uncle, who was a man of rank, promising him to provide for his nephews; the provision he made for this, the eldest of these nephews, who was dreadfully wounded, was the postmastership which he then held."
— from Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 2 Being secret memoirs of Madame Du Hausset, lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour, and of the Princess Lamballe by Mme. Du Hausset

"'I have, as many other royal personages have at times, some difficulty in regulating my affairs so as to make both ends meet comfortably.
— from The Mysterious Shin Shira by G. E. (George Edward) Farrow

Wellington was felt by his officers and soldiers to be a man of real power; his British recruits were well drilled, and his veterans were good.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

In B , a man of rounded proportions has two sons who vary, one being fat, the other thin.
— from Darwinism and Race Progress by John Berry Haycraft

Then again, his easy, aristocratic bearing and his finely carved face suggested all manner of romantic possibilities; his long, delicate hands, the unobtrusive perfection of his toilet and the very texture of his handkerchiefs told plainly enough that he had been familiar with high life from the cradle.
— from Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

But the palace was a mass of ruins; perhaps he would be unable now to find the place where the pearls were hidden.
— from Rinkitink in Oz Wherein Is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles That Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum