The terms of office of all councilmen shall begin on the first day of July of each year succeeding their election.
— from A Virginia Village by Charles Alexander Stewart
I wish you joy on ending your Search.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb
She thought how unwise it would be to show herself jealous or exacting, yet she could hardly bear Alan to be out of her sight, and when he was away, had no rest, even in her dreams.
— from Barren Honour: A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
SHEWING TOMB OF JOHN OF ELTHAM, YOUNGER SON OF EDWARD II.
— from The Story of Westminster Abbey by Violet Brooke-Hunt
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