Lord M—— is much out of humour at his change of office; which he may well be, as the Mint is 3000 l. clear, and the Buck-hounds under 2000 l. ; indeed, they are said not to exceed 1300 l. My own belief is that the only real and efficient Cabinet upon all matters consists of Lords Liverpool and Bathurst, Duke of Wellington, and Canning, and that the others are only more or less consulted upon different businesses by these four.
— from Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

Ten minutes later, having used the service elevator to avoid the lobby, he stood on the corner of Lowell Lane and Builker Avenue.
— from Sabotage in Space by Carey Rockwell

They must consist of laurels, lilies, and banners.
— from Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Take a good hogs, calves, or lambs liver, and boil it: being cold, mince it very small, or grate it, and fearce it through a meal-sieve or cullender, put to it some grated manchet, two penny loaves, some three pints of cream, four eggs, cloves, mace, currans, salt, dates, sugar, cinamon, ginger, nutmegs, one pound of beef-suet minced very small: being mixt all together, fill a wet napkin, and bind it in fashion of a ball, and serve it with beaten butter and sugar being boil’d.
— from The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery by Robert May

This grant, which was confirmed in Parliament, embraced the castle, manor, and domain of Thurland; a park, called Fayzet Whayte Park, with lands, &c. in six townships in the county of Lancaster; lands at Burton in Lonsdale, co. York; and Holme, in Kendal, co. Westmoreland, the forfeited lands of Sir Richard Tunstell, and other "rebels."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 by Various

Newstead Abbey Mrs. R.C. Waterston 239 Beginning of the End, The C.C. Hazewell 112 Bryant G.S. Hillard 233 California as a Vineland ---- 600 Convulsionists of St. Médard, The Robert Dale Owen 209, 339 Cruise on Lake Ladoga, A Bayard Taylor 521 Fast-Day at Foxden, A ---- 676 Fighting Facts for Fogies C.C.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

And anon the bride that was to be was brought down-stairs by a crowd of laughing lasses, and, blushing like the May, was placed in a chair adorned with flowers; and soon the lads burst in with the bridegroom, all in best array of plush and velveteen; and when he stepped up to the chaired beauty for a morning's buss, the lads pulled him away and said "nay;" and then all clapped their hands with delight when they first saw Zed and Phil in the corner, and all shouted, as if they were mad, for a good thumping ditty that would put mettle in their heels.
— from Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume 1 (of 2) by Thomas Cooper

In his latter years Moore resided at Sloperton Cottage, near Devizes in Wiltshire, Where he was near the refined social circle of Lord Lansdowne at Bowood, as well as the lettered home of the Rev. Mr. Bowles at Bremhill.
— from The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Moore