“We came ashore, sir, early yesterday morning, in search of food.
— from The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by John Kendrick Bangs

“But I have been only three or four times out yet,” replied his companion; “and, sure enough, you're very—right—they hadn't the same man twiste.”
— from The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

[1] THE JOURNAL OF SUBMARINE COMMANDER VON FORSTNER I ToC ORDERED TO COMMAND A SUBMARINE Every year about the first of October, at the time of the great army maneuvers, new appointments are also made in the navy; but, unlike our army brothers, who from beginning to end remain permanently either in the artillery, cavalry, or infantry, we officers of the navy are shifted from cruiser to torpedo boat, from the ship of the line to the hated office desk on land at the Admiralty, in order to fit us to serve our Almighty War Lord in every capacity and to the best [2] advantage.
— from The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner by Forstner, Georg-Günther, Freiherr von

But what my love has done for him: So oft, so chargeable, and so expensive, You would not urge another addition.
— from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 by Robert Dodsley

For Guy Pollard, without waiting for any words I might have to say, leaned towards me with a gratified air, and with what I would like to call a smile, exclaimed: "You have been in the house scarce twenty-four hours, but I feel as if I could already give you the title of friend.
— from The Mill Mystery by Anna Katharine Green

I'll give you a day or two to 'find yourselves,' and then I shall come around to call, and shall expect you to be glad to see me."
— from Patty in Paris by Carolyn Wells

I once heard of a lady who went to a house to make a call, and stayed eleven years; this was somewhat similar to my grandmother's case—she came to pass the summer with us, and spent her life-time.
— from A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church

An average of six thousand cases are shipped every year, and each visitor that morning bought a can of the Skeena River salmon to carry off as a souvenir of Metlakatlah.
— from Alaska, Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

So that Alick grew more and more wicked, cruel, and selfish every year, until he had come to be disliked and avoided by every one who knew him.
— from The Old Castle and Other Stories by Anonymous