The civil war, begun by Lucius Antonius, governor of Upper Germany, he quelled, without being obliged to be personally present at it, with remarkable good fortune.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Therefore when the physicians had pronounced the case one of apoplexy (a conclusion most natural under the circumstances), and the excitement which had held together the various groups of uneasy guests had begun to subside, it was with perfect confidence I saw him approach and address Gilbertine.
— from The Amethyst Box by Anna Katharine Green

For one instant he stared at his old enemy with wonder and amazement, then, with a gesture of utter gratitude, he said— "Acton, I can never tell you how much I owe you for saving my mother's life, but will you shake hands?"
— from Acton's Feud: A Public School Story by Frederick Swainson

This has gone on until Gregory has reached the mature age of fifty-five.
— from The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson

According to these positions, which I do not admit to be strictly true, General or Universal Grammar has no principles of Syntax at all, whatever else it may have which Particular Grammar can assume and apply.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown