On the other hand the Nominalist held that the only realities in the case were the individual Europeans, that the name “European” was merely a name and nothing more than a name applied to all these instances.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Kossuth's first speech in New England was made at New Haven, Thursday, April 22.
— from Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George S. (George Sewall) Boutwell

Ned, however, did not think this narrow escape worth making a note about.
— from The Empire Makers: A Romance of Adventure and War in South Africa by Hume Nesbit

A New Edition, with Map and numerous full-page Illustrations.
— from Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith

Making acquaintance with my sister at this time was to me like the perpetual reading of an engrossing romance, for nobody ever was more amusing, no one ever had more power of throwing an interest into the commonest things of life.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare