"That was a good un, rye," said he, referring to the combat; "but you're too much of the eel for me.
— from The Gates of Dawn by Fergus Hume

They usually grow upon rocky, sterile hills, such as those appear to be—that is their proper situation.”
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

“We’ve given up radio silence, had to.
— from Sally Scott of the WAVES by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

He glanced up, rose, shook hands nervously, then motioned to a chair.
— from The Film of Fear by Frederic Arnold Kummer

I got up rather stiff, having had a good fall from my horse yesterday.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson