Thus the sudden dissolution of Lord Eltondale recalled to Selina's mind all the circumstances of her father's death; and though neither in her judgment nor affection they could ever have been compared, yet the last sad scene of mortality blended her recollections of both, and with unrestrained tears she gave way to all the poignancy of regret, in the solitude of her chamber, which the freezing insensibility of Lady Eltondale would have repressed, in the presence of her who should have been the greatest mourner.
— from Manners: A Novel, Vol 3 by Madame Panache

In May these figures had dropped slightly, but in June they were up again, though in no month of the war did our losses ever reach the peak of April again.
— from Q-Ships and Their Story by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton

MAJOR-GENERAL BOYLE, Louisville, Kentucky: Your despatch of last evening received.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Finally, in order to protect tenants, the ordinances of September 23, 1918, and of June 22, 1919, sanctioned and supplemented by the law of May 11, 1920, limit considerably the rights of owners to dispose of habitable quarters and entrust to the “offices for distribution of lodgings,” extensive rights relative to the renting out of apartments and the terms of lodgings.
— from The New German Constitution by René Brunet

At both the beginning and the end of his book -249- JOHN WODROEPH are several poems of all sorts dedicated to courtiers who had followed James from Scotland to England—the Duke of Lennox, Earl Ramsey, James, Lord of Hay, and others.
— from The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period by K. Rebillon (Kathleen Rebillon) Lambley

It was a serious business, this division of loot; every reckless visage reflected the strain of the situation.
— from The Flaming Jewel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers