‘Wery good, my Lord,’ replied Sam.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Should I fall and this writing pass into the hands of others, I wish them to know that these two gentlemen, Mr. La Rabide, Shafthead and Mr. Tonks, have done their best to procure a bloodless issue.
— from The Adventures of M. D'Haricot by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston

Men sold their estates for mere trifles; kings and dukes, like Robert of Normandy, mortgaged their very crowns, that they might fight in so holy a cause; and avaricious, cunning, and greedy monarchs, like Rufus, stayed at home and bought cheaply.
— from The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

"I am glad, my lord," replied Swift, gravely, "that you take such frequent occasion to remind this godless company of the presence of the Almighty.
— from The Cock and Anchor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"I have no farther explanations to give, my lord," replied Sherbrooke; "and as to the boy's education, I must leave it entirely with yourself.
— from The King's Highway by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

"What think you of my gown, my lady refugee?" she said to Angele at last, as the Gentlemen Pensioners paraded in the space below, followed by the Knights Tilters—at their head the Queen's Champion, Sir Henry Lee: twenty-five of the most gallant and favoured of the courtiers of Elizabeth, including the gravest of her counsellors and the youngest gallant who had won her smile, Master Christopher Hatton.
— from Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 2 by Gilbert Parker