Four Great Postal Reforms Marshall Cushing, private secretary to Postmaster General Wanamaker, says in his book “The Story of Our Post Office,” published some years ago, that Mr. Wanamaker had in mind and frequently discussed with public men, four great postal propositions, one of which this administration is now vigorously pushing forward, while the other three are still in abeyance.
— from The American Postal Service History of the Postal Service from the Earliest Times by Louis Melius

It was clear to himself, he stated, that without a skilfully organized system of gradual, perhaps rapid, modernization, China would soon crumble to pieces under the heel of the greedy foreigners.
— from In Red and Gold by Samuel Merwin

In fact, apart from the first Ypres attack, cloud gas probably reaped more casualties in the East against Russia.
— from The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War by Victor Lefebure

"I am the man who forged the plates from which the bank-notes were struck, that got poor Richard Markham condemned to two years' imprisonment in the Compter; and you know as well as possible that he suffered for our crime."
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

After a great deal of shaking and going a great pace round many curves, which quite prevented us sleeping, we got here (Washington) yesterday at six o'clock.
— from The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : Letters by Rayleigh, Clara, Lady

“Somebody that wanted a gold pencil,” returned Mrs. Carver, nodding significantly.
— from Tattered Tom; or, The Story of a Street Arab by Alger, Horatio, Jr.