IV , 14-24; 152-61. 1884 Hertz, W. Beowulf, das älteste germanische Epos, Nord und Süd , XXIX , 229-53.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

“Here is the Metropolitan Club,” as they came to a grand edifice near Union Square; “let us go in, have a bottle of wine, and I will explain the methods pursued to work this beneficial change of climate.”
— from A. D. 2000 by Alvarado M. (Alvarado Mortimer) Fuller

This was not true; the author of The Red Room had not read any of Zola's writings, but he had read Dickens—thoroughly—and admired the gentle humour with which the great English novelist unmasked social injustices and their complacent representatives.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

yet oon hole yere therunto and all thowgh I reckyn myselff of all other the most vnworthy to haue in the awdience of so many sauge and notable p er sons, any mann er saiyngg es , especially in this weighty mattier whiche makyth me to tremble, for fere, whan I thyncke upon hyt and represent vnto my fantasy How the thre gou er no ur s of Crystendom, accompanyed w
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2 Life, Letters to 1535 by Roger Bigelow Merriman

“You're precious young to have all these good things,” the girl exclaimed, not unwilling, seemingly, to prolong the conversation.
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray