For Ellen Harriott had done her three years' course as a nurse; she had a natural faculty for the business, and was in great request among the wild folk of the mountains, who looked upon her (and perhaps rightly) as quite equal to the Tarrong doctor in any emergency.
— from An Outback Marriage: A Story of Australian Life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

On reading over my letter, I find I am no sceptic, having affirmed no less than four times, that I am sure.
— from The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

M.—In that case, you had better have remained in London, as there are no streets here and no shops.
— from Nursery Comedies: Twelve Tiny Plays for Children by Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe, Lady

Otherwise there's nothing left for, me except to leave town and never see her again—never, not even from a distance.
— from Three Plays by Luigi Pirandello

The birds of paradise are about the size of pigeons, and are never seen here alive, neither is it known whence they come.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

“And now, Sir,” he added, “now, Sir, let us drink to the health of Mr. Gray, but not of the boys—ha! ha!”
— from Trumps by George William Curtis