Abraham was paid a large recompense for her surrender, and provision was made that he should have a mistress, and by her a son.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Mr. Bolton had already Small’s notes for a large amount in his safe, labeled “doubtful;” he had helped him again and again, and always with the same result.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

When, after sleeping too long after dinner, he got up in a bad humour and said unpleasant things about our management of the place, or expressed regret that he had bought Dubetchnya, which had already been a loss to him, poor Masha's face wore an expression of misery.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Way kilípay kay wà íyang bána dinhi, She hasn’t been having any (sexual) fun because her husband isn’t here.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Poor Hippolyte sobbed hysterically; he wrung his hands; he approached everyone in turn—even Ferdishenko—and took them by both hands, and swore solemnly that he had forgotten—absolutely forgotten—“accidentally, and not on purpose,”—to put a cap in—that he “had ten of them, at least, in his pocket.”
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The text was, ‘He hath made everything beautiful in its season;’ and he showed how all the orders and distinctions in society came from God; and that it was so appropriate, you know, and beautiful, that some should be high and some low, and that some were born to rule and some to serve, and all that, you know; and he applied it so well to all this ridiculous fuss that is made about slavery, and he proved distinctly that the Bible was on our side, and supported all our institutions so convincingly.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

And Abraham, though the friend of God, was blamed for false-witness by Pharaoh, and sent out of Egypt (Gen 12:18-20) and both he and Sarah reproved by Abimelech (Gen 20:9,10,16).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

We prefer not, to give any names, but here are specimens:—"Mr.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 by Various

The spirits of the poor worn invalid were sunk, and, like his bodily strength, exhausted; it was so new to him to be helpless, and so melancholy !
— from The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

But his scouts had reported a lock and wooden footbridge immediately to the westward between Harlow and Sawbridgeworth, just abreast of the large wooded park surrounding Pishobury House on the farther side.
— from The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London by William Le Queux

Vibert was pacing up and down his room when the cab was drawn up at the door; to him [308] the bell, heard at so late an hour, announced tidings which must relate to his own unhappy affair.
— from The Haunted Room: A Tale by A. L. O. E.

She lifted the heavy brim with both hands and stood in the bar of sunlight.
— from Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst

On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

“My lord ordered me to build him a strong castle, the strongest which should yet have been constructed.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch

"Nay, she must be traced and brought home again," said Stanley.
— from Heiress of Haddon by W. E. (William Elliott) Doubleday