A twin brother to this health-worrier is the nervous type, who is sure that every dog loose on the streets is going to bite; every horse driven behind is surely going to run away; every chauffeur is either reckless, drunk, or sure to run into a telegraph pole, have a collision with another car, overturn his car at the corner, or run down the crossing pedestrian; every loitering person is a tramp, who is a burglar in disguise; every stranger is an enemy, or at least must be regarded with suspicion.
— from Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James

“It’s lovely,” said Patty, with a little sigh, as she finished her ice; “I wouldn’t live here for anything, but I do enjoy seeing it all.”
— from Patty's Pleasure Trip by Carolyn Wells

Wellesley, Richard Cowley, Marquis of , statesman and administrator, born in Dublin, eldest son of the Earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and eldest brother of the Duke of Wellington, and his senior by nine years; educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he distinguished himself in classics; in 1781 succeeded his father in the Irish House of Peers; entered Parliament in 1784; was a supporter of Pitt, and
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

"Some one livin' at Bedford, I did 'ear say."
— from Bessie Costrell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

I’ve always been in debt ever since I could remember.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

I saw the gentleman running races all by ’isself down ’ere, so I...’
— from Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

I've always been in debt ever since I could remember.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade