He never wearied of singing the praises in prose and verse of Michael J. Kelly, who for many years was the star of the celebrated "White Stockings" of Chicago when it won the National League pennant year after year.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
On the eighth day after his arrival, a small fishing-smack with a green pennant came racing past the two castles at the entrance of Dunkirk pier, slackened her main-sheet, spun down between the forts with the wind astern, rounded, and cast anchor in the Royal Basin.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Curiously enough, one of the first of these was given to the fishing-smack with the green pennant, which had brought him the Earl of Marlborough's letter five days before and had lain at anchor ever since in the Basin.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch