It may be the mark of old age upon [Pg 361] me now, for even to-day the handsome automobile and the great railway engine can command my admiration and awe; but the splendid thoroughbred, intelligent, and quivering with power, I can command and love.
— from The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

Haroldo rege, cum suis complicibus; qui michi regnum, providentiâ Dei destinatum, et beneficio concessionis domini et cognati mei gloriosi regis Edwardi concessum, conati sunt auferre,' See MSS.
— from Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou by Wace

The reading of the message, which Walpole delivered with great rhetorical effect, carried confusion into the Tory ranks.
— from A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy

"Sir George Repington?" exclaimed Charles, completely surprized.
— from The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie

All the work of the day was ranged upon them along the wall, and while the painters sat at meat comment and criticism grew rampant, every canvas coming in for its share.
— from Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

Don Gonzalez, reasonably enraged, committed Captain Clifford to prison.
— from Hildebrand; or, The Days of Queen Elizabeth, An Historic Romance, Vol. 3 of 3 by Anonymous

[292] He is considered to refer to such bequest in one of his charters: "Devicto Harlodo rege cum suis complicibus qui michi regnum prudentia Domini destinatum, et beneficio concessionis Domini et cognati mei gloriosi regis Edwardi concessum conati sunt auferre.
— from Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron