Pantagruel commended their government and way of living, and said to their hypenemian mayor: If you approve Epicurus’s opinion, placing the summum bonum in pleasure (I mean pleasure that’s easy and free from toil), I esteem you happy; for your food being wind, costs you little or nothing, since you need but blow.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

no [74] charming young lady of nineteen ever does see a man of forty-five.
— from The Second Mrs. Tanqueray: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero

Pantagruel commended their government and way of living, and said to their hypenemian mayor: If you approve Epicurus's opinion, placing the summum bonum in pleasure (I mean pleasure that's easy and free from toil), I esteem you happy; for your food being wind, costs you little or nothing, since you need but blow.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by François Rabelais

This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
— from Nonsense Books by Edward Lear

"And I fancy that a certain clever young lady of nineteen who knows how to model is also a bit smitten.
— from Cleo The Magnificent; Or, The Muse of the Real: A Novel by Louis Zangwill

To Civil Service Commission: Your letter of November 4th relative to the adoption of rules governing the employment of laborers in the Federal Service at Boston is at hand.
— from Vanishing Landmarks: The Trend Toward Bolshevism by Leslie M. (Leslie Mortier) Shaw

"Cannot you live one night without giving your coat a wash?" said Bow-Wow, in a rage.
— from Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew by Georgiana M. (Georgiana Marion) Craik

There was a Young Lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway; When the door squeezed her flat, She exclaimed, "What of that?" This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
— from The Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

"Could you learn of no reason?" "I was told," he answered slowly, "that Colonel Waynflete's knowledge and assistance would be invaluable to the royal troops.
— from The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough