But a dragon is not game which can be met with every day.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

As Judge Drayton of South Carolina said from the bench, “A decree is now gone forth not to be recalled, and thus has suddenly risen in the world a new empire, styled the United States of America.”
— from The American Revolution by John Fiske

Besides, Alice, did I not give you my word? and believe me, dear Alice, believe me, now and ever, that I look upon my word given to a woman as binding as my word given to a man.
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

And this is strange, because— A dog is never good to eat, And yet a dog has paws, And so have cats, and so have rats And so have other kind of brats.
— from Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse by Edwin Carty Ranck