well you knew our soul was knit, Good Pierce of Gaveston, my sweet favourite: Ah, rebels, recreants, you made him away!
— from Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe

On the Bitter Principle from Aloes .—Upon distilling 8 parts of nitric acid from 1 part of the extract of aloes, and adding water to the remaining fluid, a resinous reddish yellow substance precipitated, which, by washing, became pulverulent—it was discovered by M. Braconnot.
— from The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 by Various

"But for a real racin' yacht," he would continue, "give me the kingfish, or Spanish mackerel, or boneeto; they ketches their food on the run and jump; and speakin' o' jumpin', sir, look at [399] the tarpon, and bone-fish, and skipjack; they is the kankeroos o' the sea."
— from Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others by James A. (James Alexander) Henshall

[78] Philippe stopped long enough to look up into his face and reply roguishly, "Yes, sir. I have been practicing all my life!"
— from Little Philippe of Belgium by Madeline Brandeis

In short, he found Mr. James Drake (far from being the frank-faced, impulsive, lovable young pepper-pot which his actions and words would seem to stand sponsor for) a rather retiring young man of the “pale and studious” order, absolutely lacking in personal magnetism, and about the last person in the world one would expect to do the “all for love” business of the average hero in the manner he had done.
— from Cleek of Scotland Yard: Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew

Is my father all right, Rad?" "Yes, suh, Massa Tom, he's done sleepin' good.
— from Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters; Or, Battling with Flames from the Air by Victor Appleton

“‘Now, my lass,’ I says, ‘quick’—and I raised her up—‘hold on by the side while I make fast a rope round you.’
— from Adventures of Working Men. From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn