Several workingmen expected and obtained regularly a pay envelope every Saturday afternoon.
— from Dust of New York by Konrad Bercovici

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— from We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run by Jim Kjelgaard

[33] “ Quelque chose du cœur ,” he repeats and persuades, “ enfantin et subtil .” “ Bonté, respect!
— from Essays from the Chap-Book Being a Miscellany of Curious and interesting Tales, Histories, &c; newly composed by Many Celebrated Writers and very delightful to read. by Various

And I devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate (except such as is vested in me as a trustee or mortgagee) unto the said Georgina Hogarth and the said John Forster, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns respectively, upon trust that they the said Georgina Hogarth and John Forster, or the survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor, do and shall, at their, his, or her uncontrolled and irresponsible direction, either proceed to an immediate sale or conversion into money of the said real and personal estate (including my copyrights), or defer and postpone any sale or conversion into money, till such time or times as they, he, or she shall think fit, and in the meantime may manage and let the said real and personal estate (including my copyrights), in such manner in all respects as I myself could do, if I were living and acting therein; it being my intention that the trustees or trustee for the time being of this my Will shall have the fullest power over the said real and personal estate which I can give to them, him, or her.
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster