There is a certain something lacking at the beginning and toward the middle (page 7) which is necessary to make the motif stand out again, and the pastorale of the second ballade (page 7) figures there rather as padding— embarras de richesse!
— from Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason

These rupees are paid every day minus one, retained by the babus as a charge for "stationery," and though all the little tin gods both at Calcutta and Simla have exerted themselves to recover for the subaltern that rupee, the power of the babu has been too strong, and the stationery item still represents the missing rupee.
— from Dinners and Diners: Where and How to Dine in London by Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel) Newnham-Davis

At 2 A.M. , at a moment's notice, without any opportunity of consulting authorities, the Speaker may be called upon to state what was the practice of the House in the reign of Edward the Third , or to remember a precedent established during the time Sir Thomas More filled the office, or to enforce a Standing Order coëval with the Long Parliament.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 by Various

Caius Lucretius had carried off in ships, to Antium, the plunder amassed by such sacrilege and had dragged persons of free condition into slavery; the property of the allies of the Roman people was subjected to rapine and plunder every day.
— from The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books by Livy

Alphonse gave Marie a book, in which he begged her to read a page every day for his sake, and he also gave her a little silver pencil-case, for the time when she should be able to write.
— from Moral Tales by Madame (Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline) Guizot

Carefully the soldiers went through the rooms again, probing each dark corner and under the hangings with their swords, but no one was to be found.
— from A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

They read and pray every day with the patients, and as for gratitude, I never expected to be thanked for what I did as I have been thanked here.
— from John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment by Dan B. (Dan Brearley) Brummitt

“(4) Distribute all that remains, after paying every debt, as you please, in the help of widows, orphans, and young men.
— from Afterwards, and Other Stories by Ian Maclaren

Rip immediately darted out of the room and pattered excitedly down the passage, as if searching for something, his sharp nose investigating the ground with a vehement attention.
— from Flames by Robert Hichens

Whenever great troubles arose, or serious calamities threatened either the church or social order, the Roman Pontiffs judged it opportune to convoke general councils, in order that with the advice and assistance of the [pg 317] bishops of the Catholic world, whom the Holy Ghost hath established to rule the Church of God, they might, in their united wisdom and forethought, so dispose everything as to define the doctrines of faith, to secure the destruction of the most prevalent errors, defend, illustrate and develop Catholic teaching, restore and promote ecclesiastical discipline and the reformation of morals.
— from Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson