But he, the overbold adulterer, A dear profaner of great mysteries, An ardent amorous idolater, When he beheld those grand relentless eyes Laughed loud for joy, and crying out ‘I come’ Leapt from the lofty poop into the chill and churning foam.
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

General R. E. Lee , Lexington, Va. : My dear General ,—Your favor of the 9th instant is received.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

When General R. E. Lee last visited Savannah the burial-place of his illustrious parent was not forgotten.
— from Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes by A. M. (Abbie M.) Brooks

This seems a fitting place to recall the pleasant friendship I made with General Robert E. Lee long before he became the Southern chieftain.
— from As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur

Pour des raisons qui sont demeurées inconnues, le maréchal substitua, comme témoin, au général Lefebvre, le général Ricard et le lieutenant Bernon.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign by Charles Oman