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This is not the place to deal with the long and complicated story of what came to be known as the anonymous letter scandal.
— from The Empress Frederick: a memoir by Anonymous
The surmises and the insinuations of one party, dissatisfied with the established government in church and state; the misconceptions of more modern writers, who have not possessed the requisite knowledge; and the anonymous libels, sent forth at a particular period to vilify the Stuarts; all these cannot be treasured up by the philosopher as the authorities of history.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
"Kinsman and townsman are laid side by side,
— from Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives by Harriet Beecher Stowe
That lucky woman, to know all that; and luckier still to have such a voice!
— from Skookum Chuck Fables: Bits of History, Through the Microscope by R. D. (Robert Dalziel) Cumming
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