"I poured gasoline into the ants' nests and set them on fire—and now look at them!"
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

In all this there is a clear expression of the mental attitude of the natives, who regard the vaygu’a as supremely good in themselves, and not as convertible wealth, or as potential ornaments, or even as instruments of power.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

However, it comes to the same thing; for this I do know,—that, if you refuse me your hand this day, it is to give it to a new acquaintance, as your Alice did before you.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

'Well, he has brought his pigs to the wrong market if he has,' Murdoch said fiercely; 'we have gone into this affair now, and if anyone thinks he is going to meddle with us he will find he is mistaken.
— from Dorothy's Double. Volume 2 (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

So I thought I would go about a bit, However, it comes to the same thing; for this I do know, that if you refuse me your hand this day, it is to give it to a new acquaintance, as your Alice did before you.
— from Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy Volumes 1 to 3 (of 3) by Charles Reade

Wunpost had gauged it to a nicety and this big chief of the Apaches had lost out in the duel of wits.
— from Wunpost by Dane Coolidge

I cannot help being anxious for your success, at this your first appearance upon the great stage of the world; for, though the spectators are always candid enough to give great allowances, and to show great indulgence to a new actor; yet, from the first impressions which he makes upon them, they are apt to decide, in their own minds, at least, whether he will ever be a good one, or not.
— from Letters to His Son, 1748 On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of

These stood guard in turn at night, and were vigilant by day.
— from Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast by James Fowler Rusling

Both the Augsburg Confession and the Schmalkald Articles begin with restating the doctrines of the old Catholic Church as these are given in the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds, the two latter being always regarded by Luther as explanatory of the Apostles' Creed.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

“I feel like a girl in the 'Arabian Nights,' and expect to find a magic carpet or a wonderful talisman somewhere.
— from Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

“We can get into the Alhambra now, and I simply cannot wait any longer.”
— from The Travelling Thirds by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton