I have been, as you all know, of very studious habits; consequently the abrasion of my sedes pantaloonorum has been constant.
— from Sea-gift: A Novel by Edwin W. (Edwin Wiley) Fuller

When Gopálaka had by these words shown his unwillingness to accept the kingdom, the king of Vatsa sent his commander-in-chief Rumaṇvat to the city of Ujjayiní, and had his younger brother-in-law, named Pálaka, crowned king of it, with his elder brother’s consent.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

"Superintendent Cairns, of New South Wales—Inspector Kilbride, of Victoria," said he.
— from Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Then the king of Vatsa, seeing his son destined to advancement, being honoured by the bending kings of the Vidyádharas, was delighted, and prolonged that feast to a great length.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

2 And his father the king of Vatsa spent his time in wishes for his marriage and other happiness, delightful because so soon to bear fruit.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

“Some kind of venomous snake,” he surmised.
— from Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams

On these occasions I used to consider with a sort of fierce humor how Nina would receive him—for though she saw no offense in the one kind of vice she herself practiced, she had a particular horror of vulgarity in any form, and drunkenness was one of those low failings she specially abhorred.
— from Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten by Marie Corelli