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I shall come into your room with the girls, after you have had your tea." The girls mentioned were the four bridesmaids, as to whom there had been some difficulty, as Lucinda had neither sister nor cousins, and had contracted no peculiarly tender friendships. But Mrs. Carbuncle had arranged it, and four properly-equipped young ladies were to be in attendance at ten on the morrow.
Anthony Trollope - The Eustace Diamonds

Upon working out the result of my meridian observation, I found that we were close upon one hundred and forty miles from Staten Island, which bore North by East a quarter East of us a distance which might be traversed in less than forty-eight hours by a properly-equipped boat, in fine weather. But what if it should come on to blow again? It was a contingency that I did not care to contemplate.
Harry Collingwood - The Castaways

We must, therefore, launch all the lifecraft except Number Two, of course into separate orbits around this sun, so that a properly-staffed and properly-equipped expedition can study it." "Your proper expedition might get its pants burned off, too." "There is always that possibility; but I will insist on being assigned to the project. This information, young man, is necessary."
E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith - Subspace Survivors
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