She works at needlework, knitting, laundry, etc., and shows her work, saying, 'Isn't that good for only a rat?'
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Died of disease, Aug. 23, '63, at Nicholasville, Ky. Lund, Edwin W. 23 Templeton.
— from History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865 by Alonzo A. White

The “terrible trippers” of the English midlands, as I once heard an old verger in a northern Cathedral call them, who chip off relics from monuments, pull up flowers by the roots, and scatter sandwich papers and empty gingerbeer bottles broadcast over well-rolled lawns, are not known, Lord Ernest tells me, in this island.
— from Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2) (2nd ed.) (1888) by William Henry Hurlbert