"Single quote" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... closing single quote mark for clarity. In this case it serves to close a quote within a quote. ...
— Appearances - Being Notes of Travel • Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
... were put replied after careful consideration as follows: '[could not find ending single quote]Its physiological action is ...
— Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why - What Medical Writers Say • Martha M. Allen
... "smart'", in the original there was a lefthand or opening single quote mark just after the letter "t" and the whole word including the single quote mark was enclosed in double quote marks. The opening single quote mark is more plausibly a comma which printer has placed upside down. Changed to comma. (we are told he is "smart," ...
— In Eastern Seas - The Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 • J. J. Smith |
