He's the best bred horse in the commonwealth, he added, to himself, as he turned aside to place his book upon a table, carefully noting the page as he did so.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
When population increases to the dimensions of a commonwealth, and costly Court Houses are built, there is connected with every Court-room, a sort of 'holy of holies,' from which the Judge emerges in the morning and, after the crier performs his duties, into which he enters at night.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
During the commonwealth it was resorted to for getting rid of forfeited Irish estates.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews