"The first practical constructive step towards lighting the City of London by means of electricity, was taken yesterday (Feb. 3), when the LORD MAYOR placed in position the first stone of the main junction-box for the electric conductors, at the top of Walbrook, close under the shadow of the western walls of the Mansion House."— Times .
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 by Various

the establishment of easy divorce at two months' notice and on demand of one of the parties, 26115 in short, every measure is taken which tend to disturb property, break up the family, persecute conscience, suspend the law, pervert justice, and rehabilitate crime.
— from The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

Through the right-hand window the four passengers could see the Louvre and the Tuileries, as well as the buildings at the opposite side of the Seine; through the left-hand window they could see, above the mass of roofs and spires, the towers of Notre Dame, flashing back the horizontal sun-rays.
— from The Road to Paris: A Story of Adventure by Robert Neilson Stephens

The Firefly party could see their launch now making for the pier.
— from The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Katherine Stokes

“It's five pound currency,” said the lawyer; “could Natty muster so much money at once?”
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper