Some, I heard, got drowned in the surf; but whether they did or not, nobody seemed particularly to care.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Nestor alone escaped in flowery Gerenon.' Fragment #12—Eustathius 1709 , Hom. 1796.39: 'So well-girded Polycaste, the youngest daughter of Nestor, Neleus' son, was joined in love with Telemachus through golden Aphrodite and bare Persepolis.' Fragment #13—Scholiast on Homer, Od.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Then for nine days queenly Deo wandered over the earth with flaming torches in her hands, so grieved that she never tasted ambrosia and the sweet draught of nectar, nor sprinkled her body with water.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

Do you care, Azalea, whether she does or not?" "No," said Azalea, calmly, and Patty gave a sigh of despair.
— from Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells

" The duke of NEWCASTLE next spoke, to this effect:—My lords, as my education and employments have afforded me no opportunity of acquiring any skill in military affairs, it will not be expected by your lordships, that I should be able to confute the arguments of the noble duke, whose acknowledged superiority in the art of war, and the abilities which he has displayed in the administration of every province which he has undertaken, give him a claim to the highest deference.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Samuel Johnson

2. Offensive, disgusting, obnoxious, nauseous, nauseating, sickening, repulsive, revolting, vile.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

Is it going to be disregarded?" "Oh, no, no," said M. Formery in a soothing tone.
— from Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc

All applicants on any register for the postal or customs service who on the 1st day of November next shall have been thereon one year or more shall, in conformity with Rule XVI, be no longer eligible for appointment from such register.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

“I don't seem to care much whether they do or not,” Ned said sadly, “unless we find the man who did it.
— from Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty