Austin A. King, requesting a pardon for John B. Corner.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Orion did not betray his deep interest in all he heard, and when at length Katharina rose and pointed feebly to the door, all she said, as though she were vexed at having wasted so much time, was: "That, on the whole, is all."
— from The Bride of the Nile — Volume 07 by Georg Ebers

Paul's letters were penned to meet current needs in the churches, and were naturally kept, reread and passed from church to church.
— from Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin

It is said that, “because he was very fearful of the water,” the French king received a promise from the Saint that neither he nor any other that crossed over from Dover to Whitsand, should suffer any manner of loss or shipwreck.
— from The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Hartley Withers

But the suppressed representations do not wholly disappear, but waiting on the threshold of consciousness for the favorable moment when they shall be permitted again to arise, they join themselves with kindred representations, and press forward with united energies.
— from A History of Philosophy in Epitome by Albert Schwegler

The 'theys' that wear, and don't wear, things; the theys you have to be just like, and keep ripping and piecing for.
— from Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

[Transcriber's Note: The letter from Austin A. King, requesting a pardon for John B. Corner is contained in files linc005.jpg and linc006.jpg.
— from Lincoln Letters by Abraham Lincoln

The sprightly maid-servant (all Mrs. Reade's servants were maids, and all of them sprightly), who opened the door to his thundering knock, recognising a privileged friend of the family, admitted him with alacrity; and he walked into the drawing-room and found his hostess sitting there alone, nestling in one of her seductive low chairs with an open letter on her knee.
— from A Mere Chance: A Novel. Vol. 2 by Ada Cambridge

[ Pg 15] THE KITCHEN RUBAIYAT Wake, for the Alarm Clock scatters into Flight The variegated Nightmares of the Night; Allures the Gas into the Kitchen Range And pleads for Rolls and Muffins that are Light.
— from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed