I hope your carriage horses are in good condition, for I am very fond of driving.
— from Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes

Don’t be a piker!” 94 Faster and faster whirled Jinnie, the heft of the shortwood carrying her about in great circles.
— from Rose O'Paradise by Grace Miller White

So I never cross him, and I generally contrive in the end to have things pretty much as I want them.”
— from Signing the Contract, and What It Cost by Martha Finley

His acquisitions were well cemented; his armies in good condition; his treasury brim full; his generals highly paid.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds

It was a disappointment that the only acknowledgment of his trouble came on a postcard, to say that the consignment had arrived in good condition.
— from Books and Bookmen by Ian Maclaren

Piccadilly, on MONDAY, March 3rd, and Five following Days, the valuable LIBRARY of the late Rev. George Innes , consisting of Theology; Greek and Latin Classics; the Works of Standard Historians, Poets and Dramatists; a Complete Set of the Gentleman's Magazine to 1842; a few County Histories, all in good condition, many handsomely bound.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I hope and trust that we may all have such a happy winter together, when “Love’s shining circlet” has all its gems complete except the dear Indian absentees.’
— from A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker by Agnes Giberne