“I don’t know whether there is any connection between those yells and the making of the tracks or not, but we want to keep our eyes peeled pretty sharp, because they seem to happen at about the same time,” Bob cautioned as he looked sharply about him.
— from The Golden Boys Along the River Allagash by L. P. (Levi Parker) Wyman

It was a Government overweighted with "tired lawyers," consisting (with the exception of Lord Kitchener) of exclusively professional politicians, and even tinged in important directions (like Lord Haldane) with confessed Germanophilism.
— from The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time by Frederic William Wile

The public noted that chief among the names gazetted were those of Dr. Hinzpeter and Count Douglas, and these were given such associates as Herr Krupp, of Essen; Prince Pless, a great Silesian mine-owner; Baron von Stumm, another large employer; and Baron von Hune, a leading Catholic and important landed proprietor.
— from The Young Emperor, William II of Germany A Study in Character Development on a Throne by Harold Frederic

Almanach de Gotha , a kind of European peerage, published annually by Perthes at Gotha; of late years extended so as to include statesmen and military people, as well as statistical information.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

"Pas possible, mademoiselle," he kept on ejaculating, "pas possible, comment faire cuisine?"
— from By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb Wilkins

They read as follows: The Childhood of Moses Dramatized and Presented by the Children's Dramatic Club of the Hyde Park Church of Disciples CHARACTERS Pharaoh King of Egypt Princess Pharaoh's Daughter
— from The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Elizabeth Miller Lobingier

la, any kind of earthen pot, pitcher, pipkin or possenet.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio