"There are Major Blacklock, United States Engineers, retired, who always says, 'H'm—ha!' before he contradicts you; the major's nieces, Madge and Margery Cantrell—the idea of splitting one name for two girls in the same family!—and the major's son, Jerry, most hopeful when he is pitted against other young savages on the football field.
— from The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde

There's no reason I shouldn't and you never can tell when things like that might be useful," she ended rather vaguely.
— from The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She was a breezy correspondent, with a style of her own, but usually she entertained rather than upset people.
— from Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

[86] According to the Virginia plan, as it then stood before the Convention, the right of suffrage in both branches was to be upon some equitable ratio, in proportion to the whole number of free inhabitants in each State, to which three fifths of all other persons, except Indians not paying taxes, were to be added.
— from History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 With Notices of Its Principle Framers by George Ticknor Curtis

Fatigued and excited, she was glad to escape from the glare of the rooms into an adjoining balcony, to cool her eyes in the dim gleam of the stars—in all moments of excitement or passion, still the same bright, unchanging stars, ever ready to tranquilize us with thoughts of that world where passion and excitement cannot enter.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 1, January 1847 by Various

As this narrative and argument develop, a date of composition later than the date of the Cowdray progress—when Shakespeare first formed the acquaintance of the Earl of Southampton—and based upon subjective evidence regarding the poet's relations with this nobleman, yet coinciding with the chronological conclusions of the best text critics, shall be demonstrated for all of Shakespeare's early plays with the exception of King John and The Comedy of Errors .
— from Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson

But while the connection of the church with those personages must not be overlooked, the building underwent such extensive repairs in the thirteenth century that the honour of being its founder was transferred to its restorer at that period.
— from Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

[62] (21) 3435-9922 consulate(s) general: Surabaya Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red Economy Indonesia Economy - overview: Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has been undergoing significant economic reforms under President YUDHOYONO.
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Indonesia Indonesia, a vast polyglot nation, has been undergoing significant economic reforms under President YUDHOYONO.
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency