Let me not rush upstairs and change either my clothes or my mind for the mere sake of making a change.
— from Mushrooms on the Moor by Frank Boreham
Had either Mr. Clingman or Mr. Mason—mentioned by Mr. Lodge—made the trial, he would have soon returned to his old neighborhood a sadder and wiser man.
— from The Brothers' War by John C. (John Calvin) Reed
I remember that we had some talk after the visit closed about this guard, who kept his eyes more closely on Miss Maggie, during our visit, than either on the prisoner or the other surroundings.
— from The Boy Spy A substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion, a correct account of events witnessed by a soldier by Joseph Orton Kerbey
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