"She can take care of herself, you bet, an' come up bright an' smilin' every time.
— from The Princess and Joe Potter by James Otis

As I was almost carried under by a strong eddy, I began to despair of saving myself.
— from Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints by Jacob Hamblin

"Come up bright and smilin', eigh?
— from The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance

One found its way down into the South, and was commented upon by a Southern editor in true Southern style.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 06, June, 1890 by Various

"There the aroma is of ammoniated valerian, of chlorinated urine, brutally accentuated sometimes, even with a slight scent of prussic acid about it, a faint whiff of overripe peaches."
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis

The Congress assembled on the 13th of June, and as the matters to be discussed were of the highest moment, and there was not a little suspicion of each other among the plenipotentiaries in regard to a possible partition of Turkey, it was proposed at the outset that a preliminary declaration should be made by each Ambassador affirming that his Government came to the Congress unfettered by any secret engagement as to the questions in dispute.
— from Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt Being a Personal Narrative of Events by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Then she would turn a somersault, and come up bright and smiling, evidently quite pleased with herself.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition by Harriet Beecher Stowe

So much for the corruptions of the Christian religion proceeding from what, in theological language, might be called the indwelling sin of the Church, unstimulated by any strong external seduction.
— from What Does History Teach? Two Edinburgh Lectures by John Stuart Blackie