The quinquennalis for the next year, M. Petronius, has a name too widely prevalent to allow any certainty as to his native place, but the nomen Petronia and Ptronia is an old name in Præneste.
— from A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

Once in the corridor, his eye singled her out amongst those descending the gallery stairs, and he had a little thrill of pride and despair when he realized that she was the object of the scrutiny, too, of the men around him; the women were interested, likewise, in Mrs. Pomfret, whose appearance, although appropriate enough for a New York matinee, proclaimed her as hailing from that mysterious and fabulous city of wealth.
— from Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 2 by Winston Churchill

Madame Paquin, who was not yet Madame Paquin, had a little dressmaking shop in an insignificant quarter.
— from In Vanity Fair: A Tale of Frocks and Femininity by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd