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Commencement of the Case.—I am an enthusiast, and I am jotting down on this sheet of paper the story of my last exploit.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 by Various

Evening has come at last; I am jotting down these notes just as they come into my head.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John

But I am jotting down my impressions as I receive them.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir