He was only once in our house, but that was an "occasion," and for many years we dated things that happened about that time as "about," "before" or "after" "the night Hughie stayed in the pigsty."
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
My dear Niece,-It was only yesterday, when looking over your uncle's papers, I chanced upon a letter of yours, dated some five or six weeks back, and which, to my great astonishment, I discovered had never been communicated to me,-though this mark of deficient confidence will doubtless seem less surprising to you.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The following letter, however, to his press agent, Mr. Herbert Bridgman, dated Etah, August 26, 1907, answers the charge: My dear Bridgman: I have hit upon a new route to the North Pole and will stay to try it.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook