She waited for nothing, but dashed out of the barn, and ran through rain and mud till she came to the Squire's house.
— from Goody Two-Shoes by Unknown

It was the necessity that he felt to discover some way by which man himself could be actually renewed, transformed, recreated, and made righteous—rather than merely counted or reckoned righteous by some magical transaction—that made him an independent reformer and set him on his solitary way.
— from Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones

"Home to clear our names and take this money to the bank!" "And receive the reward," added Mr. Sharp, with a smile.
— from Tom Swift and His Airship by Victor Appleton

Many hours had been spent by the boys in building and repairing this raft, and many times they had sailed proudly up and down the river on it.
— from A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story by Bruce Weston Munro

I was the first that ever devised war, and therefore by Mars himself had given me for my arms a whole armoury; and thus I go as you see, clothed with artillery; it is not silks (milksops), nor tissues, nor the fine wool of Ceres, but iron, steel, swords, flame, shot, terror, clamour, blood and ruin that rocks asleep my thoughts, which never had any other cradle but cruelty.
— from The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne