As Great Britain did not recognize the flag of the United States, not only these, but even our regular naval officers, were regarded by them as pirates, rather than true privateers—Paul Jones first of all; but she never acted on this theory with the severity that would have been visited upon true pirates.
— from The Book of the Ocean by Ernest Ingersoll

For example, morning by morning, as she came downstairs to dinner, there was the ruddy-faced Alderman with his fresh budget of news of the north;—Lords Northumberland and Westmoreland with a Catholic force of several thousands, among which were two cousins of Mrs. Marrett herself—and the old lady nodded her head dolorously in corroboration—had marched southwards under the Banner of the Five Wounds, and tramped through Durham City welcomed by hundreds of the citizens; the Cathedral had been entered, old Richard Norton with the banner leading; the new Communion table had been cast out of doors, the English Bible and Prayer-book torn to shreds, the old altar reverently carried in from the rubbish heap, the tapers rekindled, and amid hysterical enthusiasm Mass had been said once more in the old sanctuary.
— from By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson

He was admirably fitted for the position, since his playing was gilt-edged, his judgment sound, and he never allowed himself to become excited, or "rattled," no matter what the crisis.
— from The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey by Donald Ferguson

Everywhere you rest you will be expected, or, rather, not you, but the King's messenger, and everywhere you pass shot free.
— from The King's Scapegoat by Hamilton Drummond

And that zeal soon becomes exclusive, or rather necessarily involves a sort of exclusiveness.
— from The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman

Bradford, ——, editor of rival newspaper in Philadelphia, 12 ; refuses as postmaster to let Franklin's paper go by mail, 12 , 13 .
— from Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse