"Und if dey are nod on der Custom House records," he continued slowly, "und dey are nod smuggled in, den, Laadham, den—Mein Gott , man, don'd you see?" "See what?" "Den dey are produced in dis country!"
— from The Diamond Master by Jacques Futrelle
Showeth unto night " For the meaning is—"Day uttereth speech unto day, and night showeth knowledge unto night."
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Instead of following the Via Lungari, or Garibaldi, on this occasion, our instructions sent us down a narrow street in a parallel direction, until we were stopped by the inward curve of the city wall.
— from Pictures in Umbria by Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid
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