There are many simple dishes that can be quickly prepared which will give the dinner a little more complimentary character, and supply the little extra that may be needed when more are present than were originally provided for.
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

He means after getting to Dima, you must catch a steamer that leaves every two weeks and travel for five days.
— from Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Richard Harding Davis

“No right!” returned Richard a little impatiently, in the same tone, and drawing her arm so forcibly through his own as to prevent her retreat; “you forget, cousin, that it is my duty to preserve the peace of the county and see the laws executed, these wanderers frequently commit depredations, though I do not think John would do anything secretly.
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper

“Come along,” said the lieutenant, eagerly, to Ranald.
— from The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor