Observing that in every house of entertainment there hangs in every room a poor-man’s box, and desiring to know the reason thereof, it was told me that it is their custom to confirm all bargains by putting something into the poor people’s box, and that binds as fast as any thing.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Observing that in every house of entertainment there hangs in every room a poor-man's box, and desiring to know the reason thereof, it was told me that it is their custom to confirm all bargains by putting something into the poor people's box, and that binds as fast as any thing.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

This was the man, a man equal to him in every respect, upon the supposed evil motives of whom alone was founded the sole justification of Mr. Hastings.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Four holes will be required for a three-inch belt in each end, two holes in each row; in a six-inch belt, place seven holes in each end, four in the row nearest the end.
— from Farm Engines and How to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide by James H. Stephenson