In a very short time the army of Morillo was nearly cut to pieces, and the commander himself escaped death only by flight, and in disguise."
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

"This navie (as Diego Pimentelli afterward confessed) was esteemed by the king himselfe to containe thirty-two thousand persons, and to cost him every day thirty thousand ducates."
— from Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles

Spires, as in London, are not seen in Paris, all the churches having either domes or towers.
— from Peregrine in France: A Lounger's Journal, in Familiar Letters to His Friend by William Bromet

"This navie (as Diego Pimentelli afterward confessed) was esteemed by the king himselfe to containe 32,000 persons, and to cost him every day 30 thousand ducates.
— from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir

persons, and to cost him euery day 30. thousand ducates.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain by Richard Hakluyt

The road was empty, [189] not even the most venturesome visitors having braved the wind and weather that morning; while Biddy herself, usually as punctual as the clock, had evidently decided it was too wet a day to vend her fish.
— from Bosom Friends: A Seaside Story by Angela Brazil