The notes of this description now outstanding added to the United States notes still undiminished by redemption or cancellation constitute a volume of gold obligations amounting to nearly $500,000,000.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland
Outside the village of Tarmûr [207] we spent the night somewhat uneasily by reason of certain wedding festivities which were there in {328} progress.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell
Hastily manufactured bouquets of newspaper and paper-muslin were showered upon the stage, and when all was over nurse and cook surprised us by refreshments of cookies and lemonade, served on the schoolroom table.
— from We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton
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