The small money in return is just so much.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling
I engaged rooms in Jermyn street, and sent her Majesty the ninety-ninth edition of the “Nosology,” with a portrait of the proboscis.—That sad little rake, the Prince of Wales, invited me to dinner.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe
Also on the same side is King’s alley and Love lane, both containing many tenements; and on the west side, towards the south end, is the parish church of St. Stephen, wherein the monuments are defaced: notwithstanding, I find that William Crayhag founded a chantry there in the reign of Edward II., and was [255] buried there: [213] also John Essex, the 35th of Edward III.; Adam Goodman, the 37th of Edward III.; William King, draper, sometime owner of King’s alley, the 18th of Richard II.; John Stokeling, the 10th of Henry VI.; John Arnold, leather-seller, the 17th of Henry VI.; Thomas Bradberie, mercer, mayor, the 1st of Henry VIII.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow
As they came to the border of the stream and were about to ride in, Jack said to Joe, “Do you know any of those men, Joe?”
— from Jack the Young Explorer: A Boy's Experiances in the Unknown Northwest by George Bird Grinnell
If Chief Fleck had understood how really inexperienced Jane Strong actually was, it is a question whether he would have ventured to entrust so important a mission to her as he had done.
— from The Apartment Next Door by William Johnston
Maybe that sweet Miss Rose is just speakin to dem beautiful words out ob de blessed book.
— from The Babes in the Basket; or, Daph and Her Charge by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker
The laws have been so far perfected, their judges and officers have been so educated, and the machinery of their courts have been so far conformed to European practice that it is no longer reasonable that foreigners residing in Japan should be under other than Japanese jurisdiction.
— from Japan by David Murray
This was how her mother's sister lived and had been living; and her mother in the poor little rooms in Jane Street.
— from The Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
A reply is just sent me.
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson
il me répondait invariablement, ' Je suis Mandé .'
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane
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