I'd stay here and see that everything ran smoothly while you were gone.
— from Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Will Lillibridge

And, thanking her, into the carriage stepped Edward Conroy, with the frank look and smile that Ella remembered so well.
— from The Mysteries of Heron Dyke: A Novel of Incident. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

In a short time Elsie recovered sufficiently to walk around, but curiosity drew her again to the church, and they watched through the windows the peculiar actions of the people.
— from Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces by Stanford Eveleth

It made her bristle up again, so that even Rachel saw the impossibility of pressing it, and trusted to some signal confutation to cure her of her infatuation.
— from The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

'I said nothing about shirking the engagement,' replied Siegmund, very coldly.
— from The Trespasser by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

His beard smugly shaven; and yet his shirt, after the new trink, with ruffs fair starched, sleeked and glittering like a pair of new shoes; marshalled in good order with a setting stick and strut, that every ruff stood up like a wafer.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

"I'se gwine to git you a little something warm to drink and something to eat right soon, and den I'se gwine put you-all to bed nice and clean, and in de mawnin' you'll feel like you was anotheh lady, you suttinly will, Ma'am."
— from The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise by Emerson Hough