An', sir, with that he stepped out to the end o' the po'ch, opened his book ag'in, an' holdin' up his right hand to'ards Sonny, settin' on top o' the bean-arbor in the rain, he commenced to read the service o' baptism, an' we stood Proxies-which is a sort o' a dummy substitutes-for whatever godfather an' mother Sonny see fit to choose in after life.
"Sonny, A Christmas Guest"
Ruth McEnery Stuart
The division in the House of Lords showed seventy-nine votes and twenty-four Proxies for the King, in all one hundred and three; and twenty-eight votes and twelve Proxies for the prince, in all forty; the King had a majority, therefore, of sixty-three.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
The second assembly met at St. Mary's, January 25, 1638, and consisted of the governor and council, freemen specially summoned, freemen present of their own volition, and Proxies.
"England in America, 1580-1652"
Lyon Gardiner Tyler