Could any circumstances require unavoidably such expressions, they would naturally be in conformity with the sentiments of the great mass of our countrymen, who, having first, in modern times, taken the ground of government founded on the will of the people, cannot but be delighted on seeing so distinguished
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 3 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

“I’ll get Lester’s, and you fellows can rustle up something else that will do the trick.”
— from The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove; Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Spencer Davenport

"That chap thinks he can race us," said Erskine to Lennard, as he got into the conning-tower, "and I'm just going to make him the maddest man in the British navy.
— from The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith

She could not yield, could not knuckle under, but she could retreat until strong enough to resume the struggle.
— from Wastralls: A Novel by C. A. (Catharine Amy) Dawson Scott

Could any circumstances require unavoidably such expressions, they would naturally be in conformity with the sentiments of the great mass of our countrymen, who, having first, in modern times, taken the ground of government founded on the will of the people, cannot but be delighted on seeing so distinguished and so esteemed a nation arrive on the same ground, and plant their standard by our side.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson