Gidar the Jackal, with a dozen companions, used to gut my kitchen, and then sit out in the moonlight and howl at me in derision."
— from The Sa'-Zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser

"Then I am to consider that the case against Colonel Middleton, alias Hayley, alias Milford, is disposed of?" said Mr. Scriven.
— from The Forgery; or, Best Intentions. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

That comes from two Greek words—hippos, which means a horse, and——" "Monsieur," interrupted D'Artagnan, "you shall drink of a liquor which comes from one single French word, and is none the worse for that—from the word grape; this cider gives me the heartburn.
— from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas

The unbroken upper rim measures about half a mile in diameter, and the lower funnel 3,000 feet in circumference.
— from To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

That comes from two Greek words--hippos, which means a horse, and--" "Monsieur," interrupted D'Artagnan, "you shall drink of a liquor which comes from one single French word, and is none the worse for that--from the word grape; this cider gives me the heartburn.
— from The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas