I did tell him how things stand with us, and did shew my distrust of Pall, both for her good nature and housewifery, which he was sorry for, telling me that indeed she carries herself very well and carefully, which I am glad to hear, though I doubt it was but his doting and not being able to find her miscarriages so well nowadays as he could heretofore have done.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

As to the particular spot intended when Denonville says M. de la Durantaye is about to occupy "the pass which the English may take by Toronto," there may seem at first to be some ambiguity.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

The country round the hill being bare of trees, but having much broken ground and hollows of every description, he despatched some men during the night, in bodies of two and three hundred, to occupy the most favourable positions, numbering in all five hundred horse and five thousand light-armed and other infantry: and in order that they might not be observed in the morning by the enemy’s foraging parties, he seized the hill at daybreak with his light-armed troops.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Sharp of takyng armes spoylyng; So gret bray, so gret crieyng, Ifor the folk there was dyeyng; So muche dent, noise of sweord, The thondur blast no myghte beo hirde ,
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

El terutero , llamado tetéu en el Paraguay, nombre imitativo de su modo de gritar, alborota, si no tanto, poco menos que el bullicioso carpintero, cuando ve gente, a la que suele seguir buen trecho incomodándola con su algazara.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

They had worked the trip out with a pencil, so much to a dog, so many dogs, so many days, Q.E.D. Mercedes looked over their shoulders and nodded comprehensively, it was all so very simple.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

If any man from Mount Taygetus should view the country round about, and see tot delicias, tot urbes per Peloponesum dispersas , so many delicate and brave built cities with such cost and exquisite cunning, so neatly set out in Peloponnesus, [552] he should perceive them now ruinous and overthrown, burnt, waste, desolate, and laid level with the ground.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“Do so, madame, do so, and that at once; for within an hour the ballet will commence.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

mais je suis une fervente défenseur du plaisir de tenir un livre dans sa main, de l'emporter partout avec soi, de l'annoter, de le prêter, de le reprendre, de le feuilleter, de glisser page 38 mon marque-page préféré… J'aime cette relation privilégiée que le lecteur noue avec un livre.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

"Not yet, papa dear," said Miss Douglas, "you must hear further.
— from Lady Rosamond's Secret: A Romance of Fredericton by Rebecca Agatha Armour

[Pg 328] Mémoires de M. Falckenskjold , Officier Général dans le service de S. M. Danoise.
— from A Queen of Tears, vol. 2 of 2 Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland by W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins

As he did so Mercy dropped one of her balls of wool.
— from The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins

Clack-clack-clack, gnarr-r-r, whuz-z: Once I was hap-hap-happy, but now I'm mees -erable!"—Rest, rest, perturbed spirit;—or indeed, as the good old Doctor said: My dear fellow, it isn't of the slightest consequence!
— from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

But yet--shall I tell the truth about myself?" "Do," said Mrs. Dennison, placated.
— from The Precipice: A Novel by Elia Wilkinson Peattie

“I really wear nothing but two black dresses,” said Mrs. Davilow, hastily.
— from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

"You have not done so, my dear.
— from For Woman's Love by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth