“The king hath begun the raising of the standing army ye suggested to him; one regiment is complete and officered.”
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

After treating me with kindness, he gave me some refreshment, and three heads of roasted Indian corn, for a voyage of about eighteen miles south, to look for another vessel.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

Mode Of Election Skill of the American legislators shown in the mode of election adopted by them—Creation of a special electoral body—Separate votes of these electors—Case in which the House of Representatives is called upon to choose the President—Results of the twelve elections which have taken place since the Constitution has been established.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Mr. McCall is the father of the neutralization idea, so far as the House of Representatives is concerned, application of it to the Philippines having been first suggested at the Universal Peace Conference of 1904, by Mr. Erving Winslow, of Boston.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

The Vice-president of the United States is the president of the Senate, and the presiding officer of the House of Representatives is chosen by the members from their number; he is called the speaker.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

But I knew, that to send the petition to the House of Representatives in Congress, would make bad worse; that a majority of that House would pass a vote of approbation.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

“We can not, then, have, or rather I can not have more than one possible kind of happiness, and this is, sad as I sometimes am, suffering as I always am, to find a man superior enough not to ask questions about my life, and to be the lover of my impressions rather than of my body.
— from Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) by Alexandre Dumas

Arrived in port, the vessel is boarded by inspectors who take from the master the ship’s manifest and the other papers, and seal up the hatchways, one remaining in charge of the ship while another takes duplicates of the papers to the collector.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, January 1885, No. 4 by Chautauqua Institution

Baxter, myself, and probably you, too, have one reaction in common about the boys' vanishment from a ship in space.
— from The Secret Martians by Jack Sharkey

The power to take the whole direction and control of the election of members of the House of Representatives is clearly given to the General Government.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison

To the House of Representatives : In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th ultimo, the Senate concurring, I return herewith the bill (H.R. 7345) entitled "An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to establish new harbor lines in Portage Lake, Houghton County, Mich." BENJ.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison

—THE HERMIT OF RAKATA INTRODUCED CHAPTER VII.
— from Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

This District ought to have one representative in Congress, a representative with a right to speak—not a tongueless dummy.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 09 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Political by Robert Green Ingersoll