Here certainly is variety enough to give us long years of literary enjoyment; and we need hardly mention miscellaneous poems, like "The Brook" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade," which are known to every schoolboy; and "Wages" and "The Higher Pantheism," which should be read by every man who thinks about the old, old problem of life and death.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

He then took a walk with a friend for the sake of tranquillising himself, but returned staggering in his gait, uproariously laughing, yet irritable in temper, incessantly talking, and singing loudly in the public streets.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Miputikar mig yútà sa bangku nga gipalit ug láing yútà, We mortgaged a piece of land to the bank to buy another lot.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The Mexican dollars continued to be their chief coins till supplanted, recently, by the present peso, and the highbuttoned white coat, the “americana,” by that name was in general use long years ago.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

What's more unusual than for any one to be given up, like you, by her parents?"
— from What Maisie Knew by Henry James

But the right honorable gentleman gave us last year a case of boycotting which was touching to the last degree,—the case of the Galway midwife.
— from The Speeches (In Full) of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and William O'Brien, M.P., on Home Rule, Delivered in Parliament, Feb. 16 and 17, 1888. by William O'Brien

No, it was nothing like a picture—all smudge, you know—so I thought that p'raps God never meant little boys should make pictures, and that I would have to wait till I grew up like you, Mr. Daubs."
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, No. 03, March 1891 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

I said, "Would you like this dear little boy of yours to grow up like yourself, and lead the life you have lived?" "No!"
— from The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by John Gibson Paton

I would give up loving you this minute,” she added, with a caressing look, “if you had not that beautiful bronzed face.
— from John Sherman; and, Dhoya by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

“I hope he grows up like you.”
— from The Nest Builder: A Novel by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

Who 's obliged To give up life yet try no self-defence?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning