hes a widower now I wonder what sort is his son he says hes an author and going to be a university professor of Italian and Im to take lessons what is he driving at now showing him my photo its not good of me
— from Ulysses by James Joyce
No Sir, my ruin never shall import Anothers loss, if not by accident, And that my purpose is not guilty of: You [are] engag'd in nothing but your care.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10 by John Fletcher
One or two subscribers have stated through "Jack-in-the-Pulpit," that the mocking-bird, ( mimus polyglottus ) is not guilty of poisoning its young; but I have positively seen it done.
— from St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
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