In making such orders, the court or judge shall take into consideration the age, condition, sex and pecuniary condition of the parties, and such other matters as are deemed pertinent, which may be shown by affidavits in addition to the pleadings or otherwise, as the court or judge may direct.
— from Legal Status of Women in Iowa by Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley) Wilson

It was what remained of a bomb, and had been loaded with slugs of lead and those iron cherries that are called shrapnel.
— from Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

On the way I revolved in my mind all that had occurred within the past two hours, and by the time I reached Mr. Harrison's place I had the matter in such shape that I could tell a clear, straightforward story.
— from True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place by Edward Stratemeyer

After I had attained to a fair common-school education, I concluded that I could teach a country school, and was employed to teach in the neighborhood; first for three months at eighteen dollars per month, and then for a second term of three months at twenty.
— from Fifty Years of Public Service Personal Recollections of Shelby M. Cullom, Senior United States Senator from Illinois by Shelby M. (Shelby Moore) Cullom

As I left Field Street, I pulled out into the, in other words, the first lane of traffic and traffic was beginning to back up then; in other words, it was blocked further down the street, and after I pulled out in it for a short distance there I come to a complete stop, and when I did, someone come up and beat on the door of the bus, and that is about even with Griffin Street.
— from Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

"I realise that opening a bomb is dangerous business," he pursued slowly, engrossed in his work and almost oblivious to us, "but I think I can take a chance safely with this fellow.
— from The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve