Desiring to be remembered to all those of my old acquaintance who interest themselves in my welfare, I am, my dear Sir, with unfeigned regard and much esteem, yours most affectionately.
— from The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors by Bence Jones

As they reached the outer door and passed across the court-green, old Mr. Bagby said, “That is really a most extraordinary young man, and to think that such a man should be in prison under indictment.”
— from Red Rock: A Chronicle of Reconstruction by Thomas Nelson Page

Mrs. Susan Godbold, 100 who was born at Flixton, has resided at Metfield eighty years, and walked round the village on her 104th birthday, Sept. 13, 1843.
— from Things to be Remembered in Daily Life With Personal Experiences and Recollections by John Timbs

Such risks are minimized every year, and protection is greatly sought after by Moors and Jews.
— from In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

In the United States rats and mice each year destroy crops and other property valued at over $200,000,000.
— from House Rats and Mice by David E. (David Ernest) Lantz

The poor girl was overjoyed at seeing at her feet the richest and most eligible young man in the town.
— from The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Armando Palacio Valdés

Our castle is well-nigh in ruins, and my estate yields scarcely revenue sufficient to supply me with clothes and arms, much less to restore it as I wished to have done.
— from Exiled for the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution by William Henry Giles Kingston

If any should then ask him about some ordinary detail, he would certainly answer like the recluse above mentioned: "Enter yourself, and find what you are inquiring after.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various