Her name was Charlotte Corday, or rather Marie Anna Charlotte Corday; she lived at Caen in the house of her aunt, Madame de Bretteville.
— from Famous Assassinations of History from Philip of Macedon, 336 B. C., to Alexander of Servia, A. D. 1903 by Francis Johnson

Among the many things to admire along Fulton [59] Street (not the least of which are Dewey's puzzling perpetually fluent grape-juice bottle, and the shop where the trained ferrets are kept, for chasing out rats, mice, and cockroaches from your house, the sign says) we vote for that view of the old houses along the south side of the street, where it widens out toward the East River.
— from Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley

None but members of the covenanted service can become heads of departments, commissioners of revenue, magistrates and collectors, and there is a long list of offices which belong to them exclusively.
— from Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis

Ere nin narn A bag or pocket Pau jaw Do you know Guay del larky What is that Mer root thany What part E thane You must not A mow A cable or anchor Em mi tock A cask or chest Tub be tub Chips or rubbish Men a ca noak Laying a rope Bit the bit A cloud or squall Cur raw Fair weather
— from A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants by Cyrus M. Hussey

This is a collection of religious, moral, and ceremonial laws much like the Book of Leviticus.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper