"I hope not," said the phlegmatic Augustus; "repeaters will not tell well for your conversation, Ned!
"Paul Clifford, Volume 6."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Dryden, in the words "bears proportion" is in verse more accurate than most of the recent repeaters in prose.
"A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)"
Augustus de Morgan
So we both pretended we thought little of the matter, turned over the mattress, put our own on top, bolted the doors, put two Colt-Browning repeaters under our pillows, and went asleep, and in the morning were so pleased to find our throats were not slit.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch