I wrote a long letter, do you know, in which I proved that my action ought to be inscribed in the annals of the regiment in letters of gold, and so on.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The tassels and cords are of crimson silk and gold, and each flag bears the Royal or other title of the regiment in letters of gold in a circle, and beneath it the number of the regiment, all being surmounted by the crown, surrounded by a Page 66 {66} wreath of rose, shamrock, and thistle, and the honours.
— from The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

X Of course the first thing that strikes the reader in "Leaves of Grass" is its seeming oddity and strangeness.
— from Whitman: A Study by John Burroughs

The oak tree rustled its leaves of green To the little stream below; "'Tis only a snowbank's tears, I ween, Could talk to a monarch so.
— from In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 by Gilbert L. Cole

The land is there, and the Negroes are there; but the result is loss or gain, according to the amount of labor that can be obtained, and the skill with which the manual labor and the mechanical powers are applied.
— from To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana

But Willie the Rae is lord of Gill.
— from Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes by John Pagen White