“Well do I remember,” he exclaimed, “missing my sweet little playmate in childhood; and how all allusion to the terrible calamity that befel our nearest neighbour and friend, was forbid in our family!
— from The Prairie-Bird by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

He regarded Fleming as a meddlesome busybody who took delight in revealing his every movement.
— from The Man from Bar 20: A Story of the Cow Country by Clarence Edward Mulford

When he is requested to fix a value, his first reply is, 'It is yours, and belongs to you, I am your servant;' because, perhaps, he does not think that the question is asked with any real design of purchasing; when the demand is repeated, he either makes no answer or puts the question by; at the third demand he generally responds rudely with a sardonic smile, which is not a pleasant thing to see, as it is a sign of anger; and 252 then says that he would sooner sell his family than his mare.
— from Bible Animals; Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scripture, from the Ape to the Coral. by J. G. (John George) Wood