“'Cause ye see we kalkilate to take the down stage to Sacramento at four o'clock,” continued Uncle Ben, enjoying Rupert's half sceptical surprise.
— from Cressy by Bret Harte

But Lord Albert continued to strengthen himself in what he deemed the duplicity and heartlessness of her conduct, and found a diversion to his sufferings in the idea that they were occasioned by an unworthy object, whom he was called upon by every rational principle to banish from his remembrance.
— from The Exclusives (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Do not force me into a position which will cause us both endless regret.'
— from The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair by Anna Katharine Green

And you have only to walk a few squares back from the levee to find [227] industry flourishing once again, solid squares of solid buildings, grimy, commercial, uncompromising, but each representing commerce.
— from The Personality of American Cities by Edward Hungerford

This county, in the late war, sent out many of its sons to defend your Majesty's ungrateful colonies against the invasion of foreign enemies, and they will now, when called upon, be equally ready to repel all the attempts of the traitorous and disaffected, against the dignity of your crown, and the just rights of the supreme Legislature of Great Britain."
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean