On which account, if he was obliged to rise betimes, for any civil or religious functions, in order to guard as much as possible against the inconvenience resulting from it, he used to lodge in some apartment near the spot, belonging to any of his attendants.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

And her leaving your home then—there was no cause or reason for it other than that, as you now understand or from your memory of it, that Mrs. Hall had been involved in an automobile accident, was partially bedridden, was having some difficulty in any respect; she was then by herself because her husband was in west Texas and at that time they were, as you understood, separated?
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Owensboro, Henderson and Wickliffe were centers of refuge for inhabitants of the lowlands, who fled before the flood.
— from The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Logan Marshall