Four States, among them Illinois, require employers seeking labor by advertisement to mention (if such be the case) that there is a strike in their establishment; twelve States (see above, page 231) have so far tackled the sweat-shop problem, while practically every State in the Union makes wages a preferred claim in cases of death or insolvency of the employer.
— from Popular Law-making A study of the origin, history, and present tendencies of law-making by statute by Frederic Jesup Stimson

“As the Admiral spoke and the interpreter repeated each sentence, the ministers listened with attention and with plain signs of agreement.
— from A Son of the State by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge

As soon as they became convinced that Fritz would not guide them, they released him from the string; and then, in real earnest, set about carrying out the design of Karl.
— from The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid