To one man (that) broke his leg in Strivelin … Item to the man that leecheth him.

When Simmons won a scholarship to Dillard University, her high school teachers took up a collection so she'd have a coat.

On his deathbed he sent for his younger half-brother, Frederic Henry, the prince who would undoubtedly succeed him in the stadholderate of five provinces and the command of the army.

The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.