"Eric," I whispered, taking advantage of the respite offered by Louis' examination.
— from Lords of the North by Agnes C. Laut

They started at once on the quest, and Miss Stanhope was quite elated and triumphant on finding, in two different stores, two remnants of beautiful lawn, exactly alike, which together would make an ample dress pattern for Annis, besides others that could be utilized for aprons for her and Fan, dresses for the baby boys, or patchwork for quilts.
— from Mildred at Home: With Something About Her Relatives and Friends. by Martha Finley

Several uninteresting particulars are omitted from these observations in the present edition.--E. On the 7th of October, 1605, our general Henry Middleton, and Captain Christopher Coulthurst, departed from the road of Bantam, leaving eighteen men in all, of whom five were mariners and thirteen sailors.[134] The 23d there arrived a Dutch junk from Priaman, by which we learnt that Sir Edward Mitchelburne and Captain Davis were upon the coast, and that they had captured a Guzerat ship in the straits of Sunda, bound from Bantam to Priaman.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr