And all the time we got closer to the sea and the exhaust roared nearer and nearer—until finally we floated with the ropes still holding us from above, the exhaust washing us away and the force of the tide driving us back against the side,—the latter not of much account in influencing the direction, however.
— from The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons by Lawrence Beesley

Miriam looked at me and smiled as the Earl replied: “Nay, nay, I have a greater claim.
— from Patroon van Volkenberg A tale of old Manhattan in the year sixteen hundred & ninety-nine by Henry Thew Stephenson

[42] Basing his remarks on the records of the huge plant of his Company at 74th Street and the East River, New York, he presents this table of the average losses in converting the heat from one pound of coal into electricity :—
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

Maclean remained to take his trial, and after first confessing and then denying his confession, was convicted of robbery on the King's highway, and was hanged at the gallows erected at Tyburn, where the corner of Connaught Square and the Edgware Road now stand.
— from The Strange Story Book by Mrs. Lang

I am not real sure about that even right now.
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission