I am sorry for that; for if he be one of the best of you, I believe the Lord will not suffer you long; for he is a proud, ambitious, ungodly Man: he hath often sued me at Law, and brought his Servants to swear against me wrongfully.
— from Old Portraits and Modern Sketches Part 1 from Volume VI of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

It includes, in the Navy Department, the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Bureau of Ordnance, the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Naval Aircraft Factory.
— from Outspinning the Spider: The Story of Wire and Wire Rope by John Kimberly Mumford

But all Americans speak the same language; and foreigners are compelled to learn English in order to get on at all, and it has become one of the bonds of your union."
— from Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic

as you [Pg 338] are going to be one of the blessed ones, you need not take to making reflections; that is my privilege, my dear.”
— from Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

These bureaus are as follows: the bureau of navigation, the bureau of ordnance, the bureau of yards and docks, the bureau of supplies and accounts, the bureau of steam engineering, the bureau of medicine and surgery, and the bureau of construction and repairs.
— from Problems in American Democracy by Thames Williamson