Father Conmee stopped three little schoolboys at the corner of Mountjoy square.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Accordingly after a few such preliminaries as brushing, in spite of his having forgotten to take up his rather soapsuddy handkerchief after it had done yeoman service in the shaving line, they both walked together along Beaver street or, more properly, lane as far as the farrier’s and the distinctly fetid atmosphere of the livery stables at the corner of Montgomery street where they made tracks to the left from thence debouching into Amiens street round by the corner of Dan Bergin’s.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Thus Daśaratha's son addressed That crowd of matrons sore distressed: “If from these lips, while here I dwelt, One heedless taunt you e'er have felt, Forgive me, pray.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Lawlessness was soon suppressed, and the City of Mexico settled down into a quiet, law-abiding place.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

On the 5th of July the emperor left Innsbrück for Nauders, and on the same day the duke and duchess, accompanied by Galeazzo di Sanseverino and the Count of Melzi, set out on their journey up the lake of Como to Bormio, in the Valtellina, On the 17th they reached the Abbey of Mals, "an ancient monastery," says Cagnola, "at the foot of those terrible mountains on the way to Germany;" and two days afterwards, received a message from Maximilian, informing the duke and duchess that he was about to pay them a visit, but begging them not to leave their lodgings, as he wished the meeting to be informal and without ceremony.
— from Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Julia Cartwright

It is indeed said that as a young girl her charms were in no wise remarkable: on her first appearance in society at the court of Madrid she created no sensation whatever.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

I suppose the reason for this state of mind is the same as the cause of my sometimes feeling that it would be about as simple for me to undertake a trip from the Grand Central to Buffalo as to get from Times Square down to Fulton Street for a luncheon appointment.
— from Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

Of his wisdom, we have proofs in those magnificent temples which attract the attention of travellers, such as the Cathedral of Mexico, San Agustin, Santo Domingo of Oaxaca, and others.
— from Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

Messrs. Bourne's shop, at the corner of Moor Street, was the first to give way, and the men quickly gained admittance.
— from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards

Just then steps and the clanking of muskets sounded on the stairway.
— from The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin (Louis XVII) by Pardo Bazán, Emilia, condesa de