The State must be humanized-must be made an instrument in the hands of all for the welfare of all; and its inhabitants must be politized, for they, all of them, constitute the POLIS.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
A've jined the POLIS; the pay is no that bad, and the work is naethin' tae an able-bodied man."
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
That new chap, they have over the property, sould me out, root and branch; and as I didn't go quiet, ye see, they brought the POLIS down, and there was a bit of a fight, to take the two cows away; and somehow"-here he snatched the bottle rudely from Owen's hand, and swallowed a copious draught of it-"and, somehow, the corporal was killed, and I thought it better to be away for a while-for, at the inquest, though the boys would take 'the vestment' they seen him shot by one of his comrades, there was a bit of a smash in his skull, ye see"-here he gave a low fearful laugh-"that fitted neatly to the top of my eleven-pound hammer; ye comprehend?"
"St. Patrick's Eve"
Charles James Lever