Charles J. Bonaparte William D. Boyce H. S. Braucher Roeliff Brinkerhoff Dr. Elmer E. Brown Luther Burbank Dr. Richard C. Cabot Rev. S. Parkes Cadman Arthur A. Carey E. C. Carter Richard B. Carter W. D. Champlin Thomas Chew Winston Churchill G. A. Clark P. P. Claxton Randall J. Condon C. M. Connolly Ernest K. Coulter Dr. C. Ward Crampton George H. Dalrymple Dr. George S. Davis E. B. DeGroot Judge William H. De Lacy William C. Demorest Dr. Edward T. Devine Admiral George Dewey Gov. John A. Diz Myron E. Douglas Benjamin L. Dulaney Hon.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Die Damen geben sich und ihren Putz zum besten / Und spielen ohne Gage mit —The ladies by their presence and finery contribute to the treat and take part in the play without pay from us.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The weary pund, &c. Quoth I, For shame, ye dirty dame, Gae spin your tap o' tow!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Yes, down, down, gently, slowly, noiselessly, I went slipping through the pipe to Polyphemus’ Funnel.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

H2 anchor CHAPTER XXIII——VARIOUS EVENTS FROM THE SAME COUNSEL Jacques Amiot, grand almoner of France, one day related to me this story, much to the honour of a prince of ours (and ours he was upon several very good accounts, though originally of foreign extraction),—[The Duc de Guise, surnamed Le Balafre.]—that in the time of our first commotions, at the siege of Rouen,—[In 1562]—this prince, having been advertised by the queen-mother of a conspiracy against his life, and in her letters particular notice being given him of the person who was to execute the business (who was a gentleman of Anjou or of Maine, and who to this effect ordinarily frequented this prince’s house), discovered not a syllable of this intelligence to any one whatever; but going the next day to the St. Catherine’s Mount,—[An eminence outside Rouen overlooking the Seine.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

“Sit down, Detective Gubb,” said Billy Getz.
— from Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

The formation of these dock-entrances was a work of much difficulty, demanding great skill on the part of the engineer.
— from The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles

And I can't stand by, for that dear dead girl's sake, and watch your life go wrong, Patricia!"
— from The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

Strong broad shouldered words, that should be marching across open fields under the blue sky, are clerking in little dusty dry goods stores, young virgin words are being allowed to consort with whores, learned words have been put to the ditch digger's trade.
— from Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein

Den de goat say: "You can wid my ho'ns in yō' wool."
— from Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley

Beyond the plain, thirty miles away, is a long line of red and grey mountains, their sides all bare, their crags pierced by deep, dark gorges, so that they seem full of shadows.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount