1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 27:Towards this end, indeed, he had purposed to introduce, in this place, a dissertation touching the divine right of beadles, and elucidative of the position, that a beadle can do no wrong.
1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter Day Pamphlets, ch. 4 “The New Downing Streetâ€:In looking at this wreck of Governments in all European countries, there is one consideration that suggests itself, sadly elucidative of our modern epoch.
