O Swan-child, come from the grave, and be bright as you were of old When you sing o'er the sun-bright wave in the Danaans' Age of Gold!
— from The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

It's i' the breed, my girl; a bad breed, and you can't alter that with wishing.
— from Vestigia. Vol. II. by George Fleming

and if you turn out as good a buillagh balthah as your father afore you, I'll be contint, avour-neen!' “'God forgive you, Denis,' the-wife would reply, 'it's long before you'd think of larning him his prayers, or his cateehiz, or anything that's good!
— from The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

“But something must have been wrong,” said Agnes; “for I never saw so much trouble in getting a breakfast before; and yet we had nothing different to what we have in general.
— from Glimpses of Nature, and Objects of Interest Described, During a Visit to the Isle of Wight Designed to Assist and Encourage Young Persons in Forming Habits of Observation by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon

I felt like de boy who, wen somebody said he war gwine to slap off his face, said, 'Yer kin slap off my face, but I'se got a big brudder, an' you can't slap off his face.'
— from Iola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper