Presidents Smith and Rigdon are absent on a mission, and we do not expect their return until some time in November.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.
I do not wish any revolutionary upheaval to react upon Spain, that indomitable nation which still resists me, but in whose mouth nevertheless, I have put an invisible bit.
— from The Schemes of the Kaiser by Juliette Adam
After rummaging the pages for some time, he replied, "Upon second thoughts, I now recollect that the passage is in Euripides."
— from English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs
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