Every minute a fresh gun came into position until, before twilight, every copse, every row of suburban villas on the hilly slopes about Kingston and Richmond, masked an expectant black muzzle.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

‘Yes, sir; Miss Grey has been as kind as read me a chapter; an’ now she’s helping me with a shirt for our Bill—but I’m feared she’ll be cold there.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

Manufactures of all kinds are rapidly multiplying, and in ship-building and commerce she has already outstripped the great republic.
— from The Hand of Providence As Shown in the History of Nations and Individuals, From the Great Apostasy to the Restoration of the Gospel by J. H. (Joseph Harvey) Ward

Ray himself posted a keen and reliable man at the forage shed, and one or two others in certain of the outlying buildings, with kerosene-soaked tinder in abundance, and orders to fire them at his signal, then run for the storehouse; Ray would leave no structure close at hand to serve as "approach" or cover for the foe.
— from A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King

But he was an autocrat, and kept all rival minks away from his range; so the wise brown mouse knew that as long as he kept a sharp enough lookout against that foe, he was secure in the air-chambers.
— from Neighbors Unknown by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

I didn't know where to catch hold; only misery and injustice and knavishness all round me, and all that disgusts me: and now fate brings me to you, for the first time in my life I see how people can live in peace and comfort and love."
— from Three Men: A Novel by Maksim Gorky

She is 'most as kind and rides 'most as well.
— from St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 by Various

[1817] Every Northern Methodist was a Republican; and to-day in some sections of the state the Northern Methodists are known as “Republican” Methodists, as distinguished from “Democratic” or Southern Methodists.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

Barahamān married a woman of Tagmān named Panubāwun and begot four sons—Bāgas, also known as Raja Mūda; Anwāl, who was entitled Paduka Sari Sultan and surnamed Wapāt Batwa; Jarnīk, who was entitled Gūgū; and Sumana, who was Datu Ma-as; also four daughters—Ngway, Lūgung, Āwu, and Tundug.
— from Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby