Already the bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. was established, and was engaged in selling bills of exchange, receiving deposits, and loaning money at three per cent.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

f, but, unlocking the door with great expedition, ran downstairs, and luckily accomplished his escape.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

El doctor se abrió paso como pudo [7] hasta que consiguió llegar a la reja que limita el recinto destinado a las operaciones, vulgo «rueda.»
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He first studied law, but Page 109 [109] from 1856 to 1858 gave himself up to sculpture under Toussaint at Paris, and then went to Italy, where the sculptors of the early Renaissance, Donatello and Luca Della Robbia, had a decided influence upon him.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various

"I've had Evaleen Riley doing a little PC work on you, too," I confessed, and saw his face get dark with anger.
— from The Right Time by John Berryman

In the next year he was granted the right to hunt in the parks and forests of the king, with this prologue: "Redeuntes ad memoriam obsequia et servicia placida que dilectus armiger noster Johannes de Beverlee nobis non absque periculis et rerum despendiis a longo tempore impendit" etc.
— from Chaucer's Official Life by James R. (James Root) Hulbert

I have treated you generously--I have not consulted even rigid duty; and leaving you free to act, I now speak to your heart."
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

He drew as close as he dared, even risking discovery, and listened.
— from Boy Scouts in the Philippines; Or, The Key to the Treaty Box by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson