He never could keep straight on shore.
— from My Antonia by Willa Cather

They say I'm a ‘desperate character,’ ” Kolya smiled scornfully.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You say that nobody could kill such a happy old man, but I’m not sure; ne nos inducas in tentationem.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

It is thus related in the ballad of Trygve:— "Trygve comes from the northern coast, King Svein turns round with all his host; To meet and fight, they both prepare, And where they met grim death was there.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

minor parties - Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU Mi Yong] (under KWP control), Social Democratic Party [KIM Yong Dae] (under KWP control) Korea, South Democratic Party or DP [CHUNG Sye-kyun] (formerly the United Democratic Party or UDP); Democratic Labor Party or DLP [KANG Ki-kabi]; Grand National Party or GNP [CHUNG Mong-joon]; Liberty Forward Party or LFP [LEE Hoi-chang]; Pro-Park Alliance or PPA [SUH Choung-won]; Renewal Korea Party or RKP [MOON Kook-hyun] Kosovo Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PShDK
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

'I'm from Philadelphy,' says I, 'and we've got singers there that can knock spots out of your NILLOGGS and KELSONS and the rest of 'em.'
— from Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 by Various

Major Phillips' detachment had Capt. Kneffner slightly wounded, and Corporal Greblig of Co. B, and private Gatewood of Co. K, severely wounded.
— from A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Marion Morrison

I’ll go consult Kester’s seconds now.”
— from The Battleship Boys at Sea; Or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin

This was the conduct or misconduct the Lord Chancellor kept so steadily in view.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson