Edward Hall, alias Oldcorne, (Note 4) was Mr Abington’s private chaplain; and though there is little evidence extant to connect him with the plot, the Government appear to have been extremely suspicious of him.
— from It Might Have Been: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Emily Sarah Holt

Their example was a fresh irritation to the impecunious native planter, [242] who, in losing the Confederacy, had lost everything except the clothes he stood in, which were much the worse for wear.
— from The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

He had heard enough of the customs of savage tribes, and had also of late experienced enough, to convince him that when a man found himself in the midst of an overwhelming force, his best policy was to assume an air of confident courage.
— from The Dog Crusoe and his Master by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne