Living in lodgings abroad is much cheaper than living in hotels, and in most of the large cities such accommodations may be had at reasonable rates, and are very comfortable.
— from Practical Etiquette by Cora C. Klein

CAUDEBEC IN NORMANDY, FRANCE The home of our ancestor, from which he fled, a Huguenot refugee in 1685, is a small town on the right bank of the Seine, about midway between Havre and Rouen.
— from Caudebec in America A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920 by William Louis Cuddeback

Counsel for the defence cross-examined severely, and Mrs. Borradaile had a rough time at their hands, and as Madame Rachel noticed that the case was going favourably for her she began to assume a haughty attitude, reclining in the dock like a tragedy queen, and sniffing scornfully whenever any damaging statement was made by a witness for the other side.
— from Remarkable Rogues The Careers of Some Notable Criminals of Europe and America; Second Edition by Charles Kingston