On this, the father was delighted to think that he was going to get rid of him, and had the cock shod for him, and when it was done, Hans the Hedgehog got on it, and rode away, but took swine and asses with him which he intended to keep in the forest.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

"I could not get rid of her.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

This man, having come to Chambery on account of some suit depending before the senate, immediately got acquainted with Madam de Warens, and with great reason on his side, since for those imaginary treasures that cost him nothing, and which he bestowed with the utmost prodigality, he gained, in exchange, the unfortunate crown pieces one by one out of her pocket.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Presently they all return, and wait for him to become conscious that they will all be glad to get rid of him.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Fernande represented the handsome blonde; she was very tall, rather fat, and lazy; a country girl, who could not get rid of her freckles, and whose short, light, almost colorless, tow-like hair, like combed-out hemp, barely covered her head.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Then Seneca, taking this noble and generous resolution of his wife m good part, and also willing to free himself from the fear of leaving her exposed to the cruelty of his enemies after his death: “I have, Paulina,” said he, “instructed thee in what would serve thee happily to live; but thou more covetest, I see, the honour of dying: in truth, I will not grudge it thee; the constancy and resolution in our common end are the same, but the beauty and glory of thy part are much greater.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The schooner had her guns run out, her boarding-nettings up, and every other proper precaution was taken to guard against surprise.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Thus my loyalty to my Sovereign was actually construed into a horrid unnatural attempt on my part on Bullingdon’s life; and it was said that I had raised the American corps for the sole purpose of getting the young Viscount to command it, and so of getting rid of him.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

At last he managed to get rid of him, and rushed straight to the hotel.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In the case which I have mentioned some of the judges were inclined to hold that getting rid of his daughter was a sufficient benefit to the defendant to make him a debtor for the money which he promised; and there was even some hint of the opinion, that marrying the lady was a [269] consideration, because it was a detriment to the promisee.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

He is said to have taken a fancy to her before the last one's death, which, coupled with the fact that neither the poor woman nor any of those who were beheaded with her, saving one miserable musician, could be brought to acknowledge her guilt, naturally makes people suspect that he invented this pretext in order to get rid of her.... It is to be hoped—if one can hope anything from such a man—that when he is tired of this wife he will find some better way of getting rid of her.
— from Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 by Julia Cartwright

And as the dawn grew red— Our half-moon prow slid upward easily Upon the margent of the ocean foam That murmured by our home.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XLI, No. 2, August 1852 by Various

(Gen. 18:15) To make religion and the power of godliness the chief of my designs at home, among those among whom God by a special hand has placed me, is that which is pleasing to God, and that obtaineth a good report of him.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

“Jasper is a handy lad,” suddenly observed Sergeant Dunham at his brother-in-law's elbow; “and we place great reliance on his skill in our expeditions.
— from The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

She knew that he had left England; she thought that, like herself, he might be travelling to get rid of his own distracting thoughts; so wherever she went she looked about her to try and catch a glimpse of his face.
— from The New Abelard: A Romance, Volume 3 (of 3) by Robert Williams Buchanan

and then they threw him a bit of something good to eat; the tiger would not go away but lay there expecting to be fed, and Kara and Guja debated how to get rid of him.
— from Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas

The time was not far distant when Charles, having got rid of his irksome Mentor, was himself to fill his own coffers by accepting a bribe more infamous than that which he vainly tried to persuade his prouder servant not to reject with scorn and contempt.
— from Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Craik, Henry, Sir

Charles VII. was anxious to get rid of his mercenary troops, the savage Armagnacs, which he had led against England, and was glad to launch them on Swiss lands.
— from The Story of Switzerland by Lina Hug

"The girl reached out her left hand—so help me Moses!
— from Mr. Scraggs by Henry Wallace Phillips