My colleague at Venice, Howells, one of Mr. Lincoln's most fortunate appointments, owed his position, not to his literary abilities, which were then unknown to the country at large, but to his having written a campaign life of Lincoln, a service which was always considered by the successful candidate as Entitling the biographer to some appointment.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
The fact was, the Irresistible fired two, or, I believe, three bow-guns, but I never could consider that Entitling her to being the first in action; but of this hereafter.
"Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I"
Sir John Ross
With this he paid most of his debts, and gave his mistress ten thousand crowns, she returning the document Entitling her to that amount.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt