[430] The Portuguese insurrection became wide and general on flank and rear, and Junot saw little chance of extinguishing the conflagration, unless he should be able to defeat the English general in a pitched battle.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume III. by Walter Scott

And when all was over; when the grave had closed on one, who not being at peace herself, could not give peace to others, when Rachel and her father remained alone in the little house, now hushed and silenced from all rude and jarring sounds, safe from all tyrannical interference, Rachel felt, with secret thankfulness, that if her lot was not happy, according to human weakness, it was blest with peace and quiet, and all the good that from them spring.
— from Rachel Gray: A Tale Founded on Fact by Julia Kavanagh

I've known them—" "I wonder who they can be," interrupted Mrs. Stratton, twisting herself free, her face as red as Josie's shawl.
— from The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel by John Miller

Two of the boys spelt words laboriously from ancient "readers," and Jerry set out to look for the lost sheep again.
— from Captivity by Leonora Eyles