The English is essentially suited for such a purpose, as, being compounded of the French and German languages, it becomes a double one, combining the nerve of the one with the facility of expression of the other, and the copiousness arising from the union of both.
— from Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain by James Kennedy

I. General: A system of up-to-date bookkeeping of General Ledger, Invoice Book, and Daily Exhibit, with details worked out in Petty Cash and Maintenance Books, has been adopted.
— from The Making of a Trade School by Mary Schenck Woolman

"Well," said Uncle Abe, "if you think a drop would do him good, let it be a drop from the scaffold.
— from Lincolniana; Or, The Humors of Uncle Abe by Andrew Adderup

"Anything but a love song," cried the girls; "let it be a drinking song if you like."
— from Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Novalis

In January, 1823, ‘Christopher North’ reviewed it at great length in Blackwood , and declared it ‘out of all sight the best thing he
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt