"That's not the countersign," said the inexorable sentry, striking the butt end of the musket on the ground with a crash that smote terror into the hearts of the priests.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
After knocking a couple of times, and giving the countersign, the sentry opened the small wicket, and my heart actually leaped with joy that I had done with my friend; so, I just called out the sergeant of the guard, and said, 'will you put that poor fellow on the guard-bed till morning, for I found him on the common, and he could neither find his way home nor tell me where he lived.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
I will only say that I countersign, with full assent, to the best of my knowledge, the several traits which Dr. Newman has given.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby