And an extremely good piece of work she made of it; for Nancy was a young person of some taste in these matters.
— from Boris the Bear-Hunter by Frederick Whishaw

Long-legs, Once upon a time, a long while ago, there were four little people whose names were Violet, Slingsby, Guy, and Lionel; The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea P said, "Some Poetry might be read aloud, P was a little Pig, P was a pig, P was a polly, P was once a little pump, The Perpendicular Purple Polly, The Pobble who has no toes Q said, "A Quince I recommend,— Q was a Quince that hung Q was a quail Q was a quill Q was once a little quail, The Queer Querulous Quail, R said, "Some Rats might make him move, R was a Railway Rug R was a rabbit, R was a rattlesnake, R was once a little rose, The Rural Runcible Raven, S said, "A Song should now be sung, S was Papa's new Stick, S was once a little shrimp, S was a screw S was the sugar-tongs, Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, Said the Table to the Chair, The Scroobious Snake, She sate upon her Dobie, T said, "A Turnip might avail, T was a thimble, T was a tortoise, T was a tumbler full T was once a little thrush, There is a young lady, whose nose, There lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess, There was a Young Girl of Majorca, There was a Young Lady of Bute, There was a Young Lady of Clare, There was a Young Lady of Dorking, There was a Young Lady of Hull, There was a Young Lady of Lucca, There was a Young Lady of Norway, There was a Young Lady of Parma, There was a Young Lady of Poole, There was a Young Lady of Portugal, There was a Young Lady of Russia, There was a Young Lady of Ryde, There was a Young Lady of Sweden, There was a Young Lady of Troy, There was a Young Lady of Turkey, There was a Young Lady of Tyre, There was a Young Lady of Wales, There was a Young Lady of Welling, There was a Young Lady whose bonnet There was a Young Lady whose chin There was a Young Lady whose eyes There was a Young Lady whose nose There was a Young Person of Crete, There was a Young Person of Smyrna, There was a young lady in blue, There was a young lady in white, There was a young lady of Corsica, There was a young lady of Firle, There was a young lady of Greenwich, There was a young person in green, There was a young person in pink, There was a young person in red, There was a young person of Ayr, There was a young person of Bantry, There was a young person of Janina, There was a young person of Kew, There was a young person whose history There was an Old Derry down Derry, There was an Old Lady of Chertsey, There was an Old Lady of Prague, There was an Old Lady whose folly There was an Old Man at a Junction, There was an Old Man in a boat, There was an Old Man in a casement, There was an Old Man in a pew, There was
— from Nonsense Books by Edward Lear

"What are your prospects of success?" "There seem to be very few openings just now, Uncle Thomas.
— from Luke Walton by Alger, Horatio, Jr.