Did you strike golden guineas out of solder, young fellow, or shilling coins itself? CHRISTY.
— from The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

On the other hand, certain species of Sorbus, when grafted on other species, yielded twice as much fruit as when on their own roots.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Then must ye go, said Sir Gareth, unto Sir Arthur my lord at the next feast, and say that I, Sir Gareth of Orkney, sent you unto him.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

For though men do think never so much that they believe the things or the Word of the gospel of our salvation; yet unless they have the work of grace in their souls, they do not, cannot rightly believe the things contained in the Scriptures.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

"I question not your word, but something more is needed in points of law, and you can scarcely expect the world to believe that Sir Reginald would commit his only child to the guardianship of one so young, and the next heir."
— from The Lances of Lynwood by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

I had a good opportunity of showing you the anecdotic Glove of ever so many romances and memoirs from Le Petit Jehan de Saintre up to Casanova the Venetian, going through l’ Histoire amoureuse des Gaules .
— from The Sunshade, the Glove, the Muff by Octave Uzanne

But as soon as his father had bidden him farewell, and had got out of sight, young Longtail ran as fast as his legs would carry him to the cavern where the doctor was imprisoned, paid the amount of the debt for which he had been arrested, and took young Ferret home with him to consult about their future conduct.
— from The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg Second Edition by Unknown

"I may not readily gain opportunity of seeing you to take leave, and do so now."
— from The Train Boy by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

How many shirts can be got out of six yards?"
— from Harper's Round Table, December 3, 1895 by Various

And they're laying at Bannockburn the noo; and have never been able to get out o' Scotland yet."
— from Scotch Wit and Humor by W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

As she was dressed in black, Mr Lennard concluded that she was in mourning for a parent or some other near relative, which accounted for the gravity of one so young.
— from Clara Maynard; Or, The True and the False: A Tale of the Times by William Henry Giles Kingston