But Ethelyn had other matters in hand, and if she thought at all of that window whose shutters were rarely opened except when Colonel Markham had, as now, an honored guest, it was with a faint shudder of terror, and she went on destroying Mementos which were only a mockery of the past.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
The Mementos of his examples are a rich boon to posterity through all time.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
The place, however, which abounds most with Mementos of past times, is the picture gallery; and there is something strangely pleasing, though melancholy, in considering the long rows of portraits which compose the greater part of the collection.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving