Reg'lar meals, no smoke, and you may grow into a fine lad yet," carried himself off with the awkward leg-work of a heavy-bodied man, cheerily acknowledging the greetings of the little Sucker boys, and prodding the fattest of them in the ribs.
— from Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond

For the gentlemen there were also the coffee houses, of which two at least sprang into existence.
— from The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant

Likely they would have done so if Indian Charley had only warned them a little sooner, but they were too late.
— from The Boy Chums in the Forest; Or, Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely

The gold of the East shall be mine in full measure, My ship shall come home overflowing with treasure, And love is not need, but only a pleasure,
— from Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed