Still later and more elaborate means have been used to frustrate the burglars.
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

"I had not compiled this tragidye, as iustlie I may terme it", he writes, "yf some my contremen, resolved of muche better then [Pg 105] I can or ought conceyve of my selffe, by there sundrye letters and meanes entreated me to wryte what I sawe, w ch chefflie by there procurement I have doen, who, havinge care of my well doinge, perswaded me howe profytable and necessarye it was to vse my terme and travell, and imploy that talent that might tend to my great comodytie and avale.
— from In Byways of Scottish History by Louis A. Barbé

She loves any man, every man."
— from The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy

Lord Bacon, Luther, Spinoza, Leibnitz, and many eminent moderns, were impressed with a belief in the possibility of transmuting lead, tin, copper, or other [Pg 69] metals, into gold; in short, as it was supposed there were only four elements, fire, water, earth, and air, it was probably assumed that a fifth might be found in the Philosopher's stone.
— from Scientific Studies; or, Practical, in Contrast with Chimerical Pursuits by Henry Dircks

I have come to the advent of a prized dog, so long a much esteemed member of the household, that she was regarded, not only by ourselves but our friends, as one of the family.
— from Landseer's Dogs and Their Stories by Sarah Tytler

Dave says, 'honest, now—wouldn't it be 's near [Pg 202] like 'Lish Harum as one buckshot 's like another?'" "My!" exclaimed Mrs. Cullom.
— from David Harum A Story of American Life by Edward Noyes Westcott

Under this law the brewers of St. Louis and Milwaukee employed men to circulate petitions, paying them five dollars a day for their services in obtaining signatures to petitions in certain counties of the state, under which the parties who paid the required tax were secured against any prosecutions for violations of the law.
— from Autobiography of Charles Clinton Nourse Prepared for use of Members of the Family by Charles Clinton Nourse

She was at home on the stage, she faced a thousand people with a pert, a brazen attitude, and said, 'Look at me; enjoy me, as I enjoy your fervent glances; I am here to tickle your fancy.'
— from Leonora by Arnold Bennett

It was only natural that they should appear in the “Strangers’ List” as Monsieur et Madame de Holmani.
— from My Lady Nobody: A Novel by Maarten Maartens