Whereas Congress at first overshadowed neither President nor federal judiciary, it now on occasion rules both with easy mastery and with a high hand; and whereas each State once guarded its sovereign prerogatives with jealous pride, and able men not a few preferred political advancement under the governments of the great commonwealths to office under the new federal Constitution, seats in state legislatures are now no longer coveted except as possible approaches to seats in Congress; and even governors of States seek election to the national Senate as a promotion, a reward for the humbler services they have rendered their local governments.
— from Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics by Woodrow Wilson

Mr. Vavasour is about to go on some secret embassy to the East, at the instance of friends, who are in authority at Venice.
— from The MS. in a Red Box by John A. (John Arthur) Hamilton