Dey scramble and dey raise us some how or another.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Mrs. Middleton had bidden Judy to see that everything was put in order, but Aunt Katy seemed to think nothing could be done right unless she had an oversight of it.
— from Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes

Sanden, S. v. Über Aktivität und Passivität des Reiters und seiner Hülfen.
— from Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten) A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst

Drake rose upright, straightening himself; for a moment or two he stood looking at her, and then he walked away towards the window.
— from The Philanderers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

Denver rose up, startled; he had not thought of it before, but Drusilla must have suffered, too.
— from Silver and Gold: A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Dane Coolidge

And the diviner rose up, stroking his grey beard, and spake guardedly—"There are certain events," he said, "upon the ways of Fate that are veiled even from a diviner's eyes, and many more are clear to us that were better veiled from all; much I know that is better unforetold, and some things that I may not foretell on pain of centuries of punishment.
— from A Dreamer's Tales by Lord Dunsany