Truly, Master Holliday, I am deeply indebted to you; and Sarah Churchill is true in her friendships."
— from The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"If you will , I can't help it, only you must remember there are dogs in the yard, and," she added, more gravely, "papa has so many [Pg 165] notices up to keep people away, I think he'd be vexed."
— from The Tenants of Malory, Volume 1 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

It was this: the year contains three hundred and sixty-five days, and it seemed to him that there ought to be as many stanzas in the poem as there are days in the year, and so he besought the poet to compose sixty-five other stanzas, and the poet complied with his request—most cheerfully, the flatterer!—to gain an occasion for flattering still more, although he had already flattered his sovereign to the extent of asking him to correct the poem.
— from Spain, v. 2 (of 2) by Edmondo De Amicis