Confident, however, that these would come ere long, I kept the stiff upper lip.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

The Emperor was practically a roi fainéant by this time, and, curiously enough, less is known of what went on within his dominions or appanage after the western half of it fell to Ts'in in 771, than of what transpired in the territories of his three menacing vassals to the north, north-west, and north-east, and of his half- civilized satrap to the south.
— from Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker

“Mine says: ‘In remembrance of a charming evening.’” “Listen, I know,” Betty exclaimed.
— from Polly's First Year at Boarding School by Dorothy Whitehill

It had now been three years since Whitman had made his protest to President Tyler and his Secretary; and while Congress had debated and the whole Nation was at a white heat of interest, the old pioneers had gone on settling the question in their own way by taking possession of the land, building themselves homes, erecting a State House, and, although four thousand miles distant from the National Capital, enacting laws, in keeping with American teachings, and demeaning themselves as became good citizens.
— from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom by Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon

This process has been patented by the Deutsch-Koloniale Gerb und Farbstoff Gesellschaft (German-Colonial Tanning and Colour Extracts Ltd.) in Karlsruhe, the letters patent also including the ring homologues of salicylic acid.
— from Synthetic Tannins, Their Synthesis, Industrial Production and Application by Georg Grasser

The weather no longer permitted them to meet in Post-Office Square, and conditions even less inviting kept them from trying to see each other in Snawdor's kitchen.
— from Calvary Alley by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice