Would it not be like a disparagement of Nelly if he were to confess that he had never loved her?
— from Mary Gray by Katharine Tynan

That's never Miss Mignon.' "'Ah, well, Humphie,' said your father, 'Miss Mignon has never been lost at dead of night before; it's enough to frighten any child, and though she's as quick as a needle, she's only a baby after all.'
— from Princess Sarah, and Other Stories by John Strange Winter

They knew their navy outmatched the French; and they saw that, while Warren was being strengthened, du Chambon was being left as devoid of naval force as ever.
— from The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by William Charles Henry Wood

The awful thing was that Colin couldn't bear to be left alone, day or night.
— from Anne Severn and the Fieldings by May Sinclair