You are imagined dead: Society is for ever lost to you.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

They saw Motor Matt, hands in his pockets, loafing along the levee—at least they thought it was Motor Matt, for the lad was of the same build, the same height and with a face exactly like the young motorist's.
— from Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the Hawk by Stanley R. Matthews

It made you tell two more lies in order to escape from each lie that you had already told.
— from Up and Down by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

The change from " Eng -lish" to " Yen-geese " is very trifling.— Editor.
— from The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

Adjoining the guano on one side, was manure from the barn yard, at the rate of 25 cart loads to the acre; and on the opposite side (separated by an open drain the whole distance;) ground bones were applied on the balance of the field, at a cost of $6 to the acre; the field equally limed two years preceding.
— from Guano: A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Solon Robinson

In recognition of the fact that some families burn gas for cooking only and have an additional expenditure for electric light, the yearly cost of gas and electricity together is estimated at $25.20 in 1919.
— from The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners Fall River, Massachusetts, October, 1919, Research Report Number 22, November, 1919 by National Industrial Conference Board

The change from " Eng -lish" to " Yen gees" is very trifling.—
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

All was bare, the entire building being devoid of everything but a few heavy pieces of furniture, evidently left there years before because the owner did not think they were worth carrying away.
— from Dave Porter's Great Search; Or, The Perils of a Young Civil Engineer by Edward Stratemeyer

Your friends everywhere look to you to take an active part in removing the monarchical rubbish of our government.
— from Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Aaron Burr