Of what similar apparitions did Stephen think? Of others elsewhere in other times who, kneeling on one knee or on two, had kindled fires for him, of Brother Michael in the infirmary of the college of the Society of Jesus at Clongowes Wood, Sallins, in the county of Kildare: of his father, Simon Dedalus, in an unfurnished room of his first residence in Dublin, number thirteen Fitzgibbon street: of his godmother Miss Kate Morkan in the house of her dying sister Miss Julia Morkan at 15 Usher’s Island: of his aunt Sara, wife of Richie (Richard) Goulding, in the kitchen of their lodgings at 62 Clanbrassil street: of his mother Mary, wife of Simon Dedalus, in the kitchen of number twelve North Richmond street on the morning of the feast of Saint Francis Xavier 1898: of the dean of studies, Father Butt, in the physics’ theatre of university College, 16 Stephen’s Green, north: of his sister Dilly (Delia) in his father’s house in Cabra.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Worth a lot of money, His Lordship said, "The ballet- Girly-dolly I'll inspect," Which he did, and then pronounced it "Quite O Kay," or "Orl Kayrect." Occasionally our Mrs. Ram likes to display her perfect knowledge of the French language.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 17, 1887 by Various

There is to be no gale of these gases—just a breeze to knock out, or knock over, offensive or defensive.
— from The Secret Memoirs of Bertha Krupp From the Papers and Diaries of Chief Gouvernante Baroness D'Alteville by Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer

But those who didn't have much power were either kept out or kicked out of any office in city government or the legislature—and those who did amount to something were gobbled up by the machine.
— from The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot by Holman Day