While we were talking, the jolly Englishman made some witty comments on my eagerness to convince him that he had not enjoyed M. M.‘s favours.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Niagara Niagara O C. Fisher St. Denis de la Bouteillerie St. Denis Kamouraska Q Paschal Dionne St. Denis, River Richelieu St. Denis St. Hyacinthe Q Joseph E. Mignault St. Didace Lanaudiére Maskinongé Q Elzéar Germain St. Dominique Bagot Q Treflé Lapalme St. Dominique, des Cedres Soulanges Soulanges Q L. Cown Ste.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department

I wrote a pamphlet, under a nom de plume , and he joyfully exposed my secret.
— from Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph

Then flashed a silver beam in the east: the massed choir boys with one accord opened their mouths and sang just exactly, Michael said to himself, like the morning stars.
— from Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie

Uniformly printed with Vignette Titles by Sir J. E. Millais , Sir Noel Paton , T. Woolner , W. Holman Hunt , Arthur Hughes , etc., engraved on Steel.
— from The Little Schoolmaster Mark: A Spiritual Romance by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Shorthouse

Among Mr. Hitchcock’s recommendations are several of such character, and, so far as I have studied them, they appear sound, and consequently their passage by Congress and their application to the department would, in my judgment, effect material savings or betterments in the service.
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz