Irish American , an Irishman who has been for some time resident in the States; sometimes a man born in America of Irish parents.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

[114] But on such a matter Boccaccio is a prejudiced witness, and, in the absence of sufficient proof to the contrary, justice requires us to assume that the tenor of Dante’s life was not at variance with that of his writings.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

They would follow me like dogs, rubbing their great snouts against my body in awkward evidence of affection, and respond to my every command with an alacrity and docility which caused the Martian warriors to ascribe to me the possession of some earthly power unknown on Mars.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Laura’s young daughters waited upon me at dinner; I could not manage to swallow a mouthful, but it amused me to see the three sisters devour my dinner at the first invitation I gave them.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

We rushed each other furiously time after time, 'til suddenly, feeling the sharp point of his sword at my breast in a thrust I could neither parry nor escape, I threw myself upon him with outstretched sword and with all the weight of my body, determined that I would not die alone if I could prevent it.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Johnson immediately entered on the subject, and treated it in a masterly manner; and so far as I have been able to recollect, his thoughts were these: 'Sir, as men become in a high degree refined, various causes of offence arise; which are considered to be of such importance, that life must be staked to atone for them, though in reality they are not so.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Chrysostom approved of this answer of the bishops, but sent a separate letter on his own behalf: “Hitherto I am wholly ignorant whether any one has anything to say against me; but if any one has assailed me, and you wish me to appear before you, eject from your assembly my declared enemies.
— from Saint John Chrysostom, His Life and Times A sketch of the church and the empire in the fourth century by W. R. W. (William Richard Wood) Stephens

I do not guarantee their efficiency, for mediumship is not a power that can always be depended on,—it is liable to vary; sitters also may be incompetent, and conditions may be bad.
— from Raymond; or, Life and Death With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death. by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

I am not worthy of the favor for which I ask, but I set as much by it as by life itself.
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

"A short time previous to my coming to this country, and soon after my being installed as confessor in the Romish Church, I became intimately acquainted with a family of great respectability.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger

Her husband in the trenches, she might well have begrudged her only son, so young and such a mere boy in all his ways.
— from The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by James R. Driscoll

what was my delight on seeing Arthur, my brother in arms, my other self, the man from whom I had had no secret for six long years!
— from Mauprat by George Sand

No. Were he my worst enemy, I should pity him at such a moment; but I am very glad of—glad of—” Clement hesitated, contrary to his usual practice, which was to go straight to the point.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

These peculiarities of his visitor Mr. Bixby had barely time to mark when the gentleman said: “Ah, Mr. Bangs, I am glad to find you in!”
— from Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 by Various

Pierre's teeth glistened behind a smile as he spoke, and Macavoy broke into a roar of laughter.
— from A Romany of the Snows, vol. 1 Being a Continuation of the Personal Histories of "Pierre and His People" and the Last Existing Records of Pretty Pierre by Gilbert Parker