This practice of hiring a village home for the summer has become common of recent years among the leading tradesmen of country towns.
— from Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies

There is something else there—a cat or rabbit; yes, and the bear is a dog.
— from Hawk's Nest; or, The Last of the Cahoonshees. A Tale of the Delaware Valley and Historical Romance of 1690. by James M. (James Martin) Allerton

I find I must close this, that it may be planted; but I will write some more, although it has not so good a chance of reaching you as this.
— from Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia From Melbourne To The Gulf Of Carpentaria by William John Wills

Lingerwell, to the crime of robbery you add the meanness and the baseness of charging it upon an innocent person,” 088.png said the merchant sternly.
— from Snug Harbor; or, The Champlain Mechanics by Oliver Optic

To this the English could only reply, "You admit that the Western Indians do not wish for peace.
— from King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

The style of colouring and ornamentation for the carriages has changed considerably of recent years and there is now not nearly as much labour and pains expended upon the vehicles as in times past.
— from Life in a Railway Factory by Alfred Williams

It might all come out right yet, and then only his father need know.
— from Harper's Young People, November 29, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

In case of refusal you are to answer the consequences, and expect to be treated according to the usage of war in such cases.
— from Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 by Samuel Charles Hill