Abwagun (iabwag) nátù ang mga papil, Let us scatter the pieces of paper.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

“You, too, Lyddy Ann,” answered Father, “and Lucy Locket and Miss Puss likewise, unless she chooses to spend her nights in the catnip bed.”
— from Little Friend Lydia by Ethel Calvert Phillips

Suppose I make a call of one spade and the elder hand two hearts, and my partner (let us suppose he is Robinson) passes, and I say "Two spades," and the elder hand says "Three hearts," and Robinson bellows "No," I at once realise that it would be extremely dangerous to call three spades.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various

Itaque Antonius petebat a me per litteras, ut sibi ignoscerem; facere se non posse, quin iis litteris pareret.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let us investigate this, and see if her science is as good as mortal penetration; let us see if she too has hit upon the simplest fractions between 1 and 2, for a scale of 7.
— from The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Toward half-past six o'clock in the evening an illumination was spoken of, and many persons lighted up spontaneously.
— from Peter Parley's Own Story From the Personal Narrative of the Late Samuel G. Goodrich, ("Peter Parley") by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

They have been called a missionary people; let us see how they understand their "mission."
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud