An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Heroic self-sacrifice."

"After all [comma] champagne should be a celebration and a properly popping cork is its first hurrah [exclamation point]" —Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish (2004)

"Mad Impulse": an illustration from an 1876 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "My assault was so sudden, that, without even a cry, he tottered, threw up his arms, and the next instant the place that had known him was empty."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

An illustration from an 1899 issue of Pall Mall magazine.

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

Here's an illustration from a 1900 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "I fell for evermore into the abyss of the sky."