The elder Xicotencatl then addressed Cortes as follows: "Malinche!
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

He joined the classes at the Mechanics’ Institute and nightly wrestled with the mysteries of Euclid, chevied the elusive x through algebraic equations, acquired enough of statics and dynamics to be appalled by the height, depth, and breadth of his own ignorance, and enough of chemistry to bring him to the same conclusion that the highway to ruin would be to trust to his own knowledge of that weird and fascinating science.
— from Tom Pinder, Foundling: A Story of the Holmfirth Flood by D. F. E. Sykes

ON PAROLE XIX THE ENEMY XX THE ART OF DOCTOR JAMIESON XXI THE PAYMENT XXII THE WAY OF A MAID XXIII IN WASHINGTON XXIV IN THE NAME OF ALTRUISM XXV THE ARTFUL GENTLEMAN PROM KENTUCKY XXVI
— from The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise by Emerson Hough