I shall soon be able to leave everything to him, and have more time to call my own than I've had for these last twenty years.”
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

he proceeded, addressing his brother, as the latter entered the hall; “but in the meantime,” he added, handing him the summons, “this document is intended for you.”
— from The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

The following testimony of one of President Garfield's classmates and intimate friends may fitly be added here: "For him there was but one Mark Hopkins in all the world; but for Professor Albert Hopkins also, or 'Prof. Al.,' as he was called in those days, the General—not only while at college, but all through life— entertained the highest regard, both as a man and a scholar.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss

The days passed quickly by; and the last evening that Hugh was to spend at Arnstead arrived.
— from David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

"The General Government has been applied to long enough to have freed us from so serious a grievance.
— from The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark by Eva Emery Dye

Their home was burned and they lost everything they had.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winnebagos by Hildegard G. Frey

Bigglethorpe and the lawyer entered the house, not far from bed time.
— from Two Knapsacks: A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell