These cars were known as "Knight" cars, after their designer, E. C. Knight.
— from The Story of the Pullman Car by Joseph Husband

Ck , marrd or sing, if marrd husb can shro 1st flr suite, beaut furn, pri bth rm, sth asp, telephne, mo 'bus psses dr, ex cellar kept.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Various

[Pg 217] has been held for weeks there, without enough wind to carry her the few miles necessary to get into the next belt of winds; outside this, come the downflowing easterly currents, known as the trade winds, which form a belt between the tropics and the temperate zones.
— from The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

And did even Christ keep that much always?—
— from The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake by Graham Travers

The tax falls not only on corporations doing every conceivable kind of business, but also on the corporation that does no specific business whatever—the corporation which, in the language of an eminent judge, is merely "an incorporated gentleman of leisure.
— from Our Changing Constitution by Charles W. (Charles Wheeler) Pierson

To this day every Chinese knows and reads with enthusiasm Shui-hu-chuan ("The Story of the River Bank"), probably written about 1550 by Wang Tao-k'un, in which the ruling class was first described in its decay.
— from A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

"Cats?" repeated Mrs. Whitney, who just then made her appearance, "are they a hobby with Miss Reid?" "I'd drown 'em," cried Kitty, vanishing, "nine times!"
— from The Bacillus of Beauty: A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

By dint of many dismal experiences, Chester knew that this would be trying, for his hair was abundant but untamed.
— from The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, and other humorous tales by Richard Edward Connell