That remains a problem which cannot be resolved by saying that his friends trumpeted him into it, or that posthumous readers enjoyed seeing him belabour his betters, which his contemporaries had not.
— from In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Hewlett

I tried him with Burns, of whom he had sung tender recognition; but Burns also turned out to be a limited, inferior creature, any genius he had a theme for one's pathos rather; even Shakespeare himself had his blind sides, his limitations.
— from Home Life of Great Authors by Hattie Tyng Griswold

"And has probably rained ewer since," he larfingly replied, as he went out.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 by Various

Since that time he has preached regularly every Sunday; he has "the run" of every Christeen house in the denomination through the county of York.
— from The Four Canadian Highwaymen; Or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins

Like them, he was to be short, with wonderful eyes and beautiful teeth; temperate; quietly, even meanly, clad; generous, grateful for any favor, however small; masterful, courageous, impassive, shrewd, resolute, fluent of speech; profoundly religious, even superstitious; hot-tempered, inscrutable, mendacious, revengeful sometimes and ofttimes forgiving, disdainful of woman and her charms; above all, boastful, conceited, and with a passion for glory.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

The President rises early, shaves himself, dresses without assistance, and then reads the newspapers until breakfast time.
— from Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore

[64] 'Headache, Miss Peggy,' replied Ephraim, shaking his gray locks solemnly.
— from A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

It is said that General Pierce rather enjoyed seeing his chief Cabinet officer thus snubbed, and that he used to answer Mr. Buchanan's communications himself.
— from Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore