Here, at any rate, I suppose him to have stayed till some time in 1590, probably the second half of it, his design of eventually returning home, if he ever entertained it, being then interrupted by a summons to Crea near Casale, where I believe him to have worked with a few brief interruptions thenceforward for little if at all short of half a century, or until about the year 1640.
— from Essays on Life, Art and Science by Samuel Butler

Having given this order and recommended implacable severity, he turned his horse and started at a brisk trot for Montaignac.
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

Here, at any rate, I suppose him to have stayed till some time in 1590, probably the second half of it; his design of eventually returning home, if he ever entertained it, being then interrupted by a summons to Crea near Casale, where I believe him to have worked with a few brief interruptions thenceforward for little if at all short of half a century, or until about the year 1640.
— from The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Samuel Butler

I pulled out an old rabbit's foot that my girl had given me and rubbed it so hard the hair almost came off.
— from History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico by William Allison Sweeney