I was wonderfully solicitous to obtain some of their coin, which carries on it the image of no earthly prince; but his head only who came to redeem us from general slavery on the one side, Jesus Christ ; on the other, the word Libertas .
— from Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Hester Lynch Piozzi

All this, of course, led to considerable talk and various speculations; but he so well shrouded his movements from the public, and kept afloat so many plausible stories to account for his change of business, that he prevented suspicions from taking any definite shape about home, or spreading abroad to any extent that endangered his operations, although those operations were constantly continued for years, and, from cautious and small beginnings, at length became more bold, extensive, and successful, perhaps, than any thing of the kind ever carried on in the interior of New England.
— from Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale of Border Life by Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce) Thompson

Estimate of the sums necessary to pay the salaries of the Governor and Civil Officers in the Island of Newfoundland from April 1st, 1787, to April 1st, 1788: £ s. d. Salary of the Governor 500 0 0 The Governor's Secretary 182 10 0 The Judge of the Admiralty 200 0 0 The Naval Officer 100 0 0 The Agent 100 0 0 On Account, for Fees on Receipt and Audit 100 0 0 £1,182 10 0
— from The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

amid cakes of ice that is of no consequence.
— from Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Richard Harding Davis

This balance had to be paid in coin or in the issue of new bonds.
— from Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

What I complain of is, that in order not to disturb these Christians, you wished to remain among them!
— from The Pearl of Lima: A Story of True Love by Jules Verne