The lady's maid and the chariot, the visiting-book and the buttony page, became soon as familiar to Amelia as the humble routine of Brompton.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

“A printer of the old school may dislike many of his mannerisms of composition and make-up,” adds Mr. De Vinne, “but he will cheerfully admit that his types and decorations and initials are in admirable accord: that the evenness of colour he maintains on his rough paper is remarkable, and that his registry of black with red is unexceptionable.
— from William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist by Elisabeth Luther Cary

She doubting that he would be as good as his word, was forced to compound the matter with him, and of five pounds, which she had about her, she hardly compounded with him for fifty Shillings; which he would not take her word for, but she was forced there, as she was on Horse-back, to deliver it to him, and then he rode on, but although she had her Sons Company to London , and paid so dear for it, yet she was forced to go home without him, he being there engaged upon 282 the Ramble for so long as that money would last, and then home he came again; and this trick he would serve her as often as he wanted money, and could get her on Horse-back behind him; and as he gained, and filched from her, so she did the same from the Old man and all little enough to maintain her Prodigal Sons extravagances, and this was the course of life they all led.
— from The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Fourth Part by Francis Kirkman

He had not done so, however, either because the idea of flight did not appear to him realizable, or because he was too wearied, he had not stirred from the spot where he sought a refuge at the first moment, and had remained with his eyes obstinately fixed on the platform, following with anxious glance the movements of the persons collected on it.
— from The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War by Gustave Aimard

The consequence was, that, not long after the happy return of Bart and Pat, the Antelope once more set sail.
— from Treasure of the Seas Illustrated by James De Mille

Others came madly driving around the harbor road, on bicycles, and on foot—and still others escaped toward distant Somerset.
— from The White Invaders by Ray Cummings

His dark threats of vengeance in the Jardin des Plantes, and his reference to the two hundred pounds Tyrrell possessed, gave me, indeed, some clue as to his real object; but then—why this disguise!
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The master and two hands remained on board, having the gig ready.
— from The German Pirate: His Methods and Record by Ajax

Here I will suppose some honest, and therefore honourable, reader objecting: But do you not thus place the miracles in dignity below the ordinary processes of nature?
— from Miracles of Our Lord by George MacDonald

I should make some reference to the attitude towards Home Rule of both the Nationalists and the Unionists who have joined in work which, whatever be its irregularity from the standpoint of party discipline as enforced in Ireland, has succeeded in some degree in directing the energies of our countrymen to the development of the resources of our country.
— from Ireland In The New Century by Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir

And as a background to this delightful picture, this fresh water, this greenery, this gay, scattered, rejuvenated town, the little and the big Gers arose, two huge ridges of bare rock and low herbage, which, in the projected shade that bathed them, assumed delicate tints of pale mauve and green, fading softly into pink.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2 by Émile Zola