Still, this is only my opinion, and I am only one man; others, with less experience, may think differently.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

A 4. thing ther is carfully to be provided for, to witte, that with your com̅one imployments you joyne com̅one affections truly bente upon y e generall good, avoyding as a deadly [41] plague of your both com̅one & spetiall comfort all retirednes of minde for proper advantage, and all singularly affected any maner of way; let every man represe in him selfe & y e whol body in each person, as so many rebels against y e commone good, all private respects of mens selves, not sorting with y e generall conveniencie.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

"Mr. Fawcett was the man of whom Longfellow expected more than from any of the other young American authors, both as a poet and novelist."— American Queen.
— from The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

Mr. Fawcett was the man of whom Longfellow expected more than of any of the other young American authors, both as a poet and a novelist.
— from The Adventures of a Widow: A Novel by Edgar Fawcett