When a man's heard a lot of the words and the idioms he can make a bluff at talking it; but I can only speak a few words.
— from We Three by Gouverneur Morris

It is evident that it began in consequence of some alleged irregularity in the proceedings that led to his first engagement to preach at the village.
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

I’m a married man with a family, but I don’t vally my life if——” But the rest of this speech was drowned in noise more eloquent than words, and then it broke into cries of “See thee!—It is—it’s t’ maester!
— from We and the World: A Book for Boys. Part I by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Indeed, the secrecy with which the infamous business is carried on, shows that its practitioners are conscious of its criminality.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe