Now speed at sea means economy, for every day added to a voyage is so much off the profits.
— from Foul Play by Dion Boucicault
It was known that a Cabinet Council had been held on the previous day, and that a very important statement was to be made that very afternoon.
— from The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Edward Parrott
There was no need to bolt doors against thieves and vagabonds in such a quiet town as Shorncliffe.
— from Henry Dunbar: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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