To go to Dubechnia I got up early in the morning at sunrise.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Delighted at the opportunity of cultivating his fine natural disposition, I gave up everything to devote myself entirely to my task.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

I have for some time past observed all your officers and soldiers going up and down in great uneasiness: even you yourself do not visit me so frequently as you were wont; and the page Orteguilla informs me that you are about to march against your brothers who have just arrived, and that you are going to leave Tonatio (so Alvarado was termed by the Mexicans) behind, to guard my person.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

XIV The next day I got up early, cut myself a stick, and set off beyond the town-gates.
— from The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Why did I give up everything, my whole life, my mother, my friends, our little house, everything I cared for, everything that has made my life till now? Simply for you and for your success.
— from The Way of Ambition by Robert Hichens

The inhabitants, almost to a man, had become soldiers, and flattered by the women, dressed in gaudy uniforms, excited by frequent draughts of aguardiente, they fancied themselves invincible.
— from The Harlequin Opal: A Romance. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Fergus Hume

Consequently they were somewhat sleepy at matins and found an almost Johnsonian difficulty in getting up early.
— from Medieval People by Eileen Power

Third day I gets up early and goes right up the side o' the stream, till I gets to the waterfall, but no sign did I find.
— from A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari And Other Tales of South-West Africa by Frederick Carruthers Cornell

Miss Kavenaugh is a very much-sought-after lady, and when I am able to secure her for a day, I give up everything else, sit down and sew with her.
— from Bobbie, General Manager: A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty

The stylist who works only with fingers and toes would have much difficulty in getting up, even in dry weather.
— from Rock-climbing in the English Lake District Third Edition by Owen Glynne Jones

One never has difficulty in getting up early in the country: it is so noisy, at least to a city-bred man.
— from The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

‘I took advantage of the widely-spread rumour of my death, I gave up everything; without resting day or night I hastened hither; I hesitated long to appear before you, my judge ... paraître devant vous, mon juge ; but I resolved at last, remembering your constant goodness, to come to you; I found your address at Moscow.
— from Turgenev: A Study by Edward Garnett