You can get me at the hotel every night after dinner.
— from Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
That mercy I no longer expect in my own days, inasmuch as the Sultan hardens his heart and will not give us back our land, not though Moses our Master appears to him every night, and beats him with his rod.
— from Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
To his generous heart and open hand many a struggling Highlander owes much, and through his encouragement not a few scholarly productions have seen the light of day.
— from The Clan Fraser in Canada: Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Alexander Fraser
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