Mr. Bing, the chief rabbi, however, begged to be excused from doing so, stating that my religious instruction did not please him.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

At length, when the Scotch and French ambassadors were gone, and with them the last excuse for delay, she signed it in the presence of Davison (who had lately been made co-secretary with Walsingham), and directed him to have it sealed (February 1).
— from Queen Elizabeth by Edward Spencer Beesly

She can no longer support the idea of belonging to no communion, that en fait de salut she should be ni chair ni poisson.
— from George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by George Augustus Selwyn

“The following extracts from Dr. Southwood Smith’s Report on Bethnal Green and Whitechapel, show both the causes and the intensity of the evil.
— from The Claims of Labour: An essay on the duties of the employers to the employed by Helps, Arthur, Sir

Dirty air coming in from without, soiled by sewer emanations, the evaporation from dirty streets, smoke, bits of unburnt fuel, bits of straw, bits of horse dung.
— from Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale

As an excuse for doing so she carried in her arms some long wreaths of spiræa which she had discovered on a bush at the bottom of the garden, with which she intended to relieve the masses of box and laurestinus that made the groundwork of her decorations.
— from A Mere Chance: A Novel. Vol. 2 by Ada Cambridge

"Every fine day," said Six-foot-two, "unless there's a ride in a brake or a free matinee on the tappy."
— from A Boswell of Baghdad; With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas