Anyhow for eighteen months or a couple of years everything seemed to be all right.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

On the 25th Gibson took the shovel to open out the springs formerly mentioned; they lie in the midst of several little clumps of young eucalyptus suckers, the ground all round being a morass, in which a man might almost sink, were it not for the thick growth of rushes.
— from Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876 by Ernest Giles

“But 'suppose I shouldn't wish it to be known that I called on you?” “Eh?” said the old villain, giving him another significant grin that once more projected the fang; “well, maybe you wouldn't.
— from The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

“But you must endeavour to exercise some degree of command over your emotions,” said Trevelyan.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

"Yes, when I have cut off your ears," said the wolf.
— from The Child's World: Third Reader by Hetty Sibyl Browne

"In consideration of the aforesaid bargain and sale wee the said Myles Standish Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth, doe bind ourselves to pay unto y e said Ousamequin for and in consideration of y e said tract of land as followeth "7 Coats a y d and half in a coat } Myles Standish 9 Hatchets } 8 Howes }
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 1 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher