Governor, President; Peter Oliver, Thomas Flucker , Foster Hutchinson , Thomas Hutchinson, Jr., Harrison Gray , Judge Samuel Danforth, Col. John Erving, Jr., James Russell, Timothy Ruggles, Joseph Lee , Isaac Winslow , Israel Williams, Col. George Watson, Nathaniel Ray Thomas, Timothy Woodbridge, William Vassall, William Browne , Joseph Greene, James Boutineau , Andrew Oliver, Col. Josiah Edson, Richard Lechmere, Commodore Joshua Loring , John Worthington, Timothy Paine, William Pepperell , Jeremiah Powell, Jonathan Simpson, Col. John Murray, Daniel Leonard, Thomas Palmer, Col. Isaac Royall, Robert Hooper, Abijah Willard, Capt. John Erring, Jr.
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark

In the month of December, 1807, Napoleon was on a royal progress through his kingdom of Italy, and the news of the diplomatic crisis in Russia reached him at Venice, which had become his as a result of Austerlitz and by the treaty of Presburg.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

It did the child good; the tears and sobs that came in response, relieved her aching heart of half its load.
— from Elsie's children by Martha Finley

When he came into Rivers' room, halting and nervous, he envied the easy freedom of the other reporters who chanced to be there.
— from Mightier than the Sword by Alphonse Courlander