The Franks , still retaining Western and Central Germany, rule in Northern Gaul, and are soon to extend their sway to the Pyrenees, and to conquer Burgundy.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

And yet, with all these gratifying results, I never got a penny out of the American edition.
— from A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I, II and III: Complete by Frank Frankfort Moore

It has long been proved that the Gothic which awakened such exclusive enthusiasm in the days of the Germanic Romance is not Gothic at all, but French.
— from The Land of Riddles (Russia of To-day) by Hugo Ganz

No, General Raynor is not guilty, although I am very positive that he not only was out last night, but was actually at Gleer Cottage; but I am absolutely certain his was not the hand that killed De Louvisan.
— from The Riddle of the Night by Thomas W. Hanshew