There was no way of getting up to the light except by way of the long iron ladder which reached from the gallery to the sea, a hundred feet below.
— from Bahama Bill, Mate of the Wrecking Sloop Sea-Horse by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains

He held one of the shining glasses up to the light, examined it with judicial care and continued in tones of resignation: "Don't make no diffrunce ter me, dough!—I hain't nebber got nuttin' fer my vote nohow, 'ceptin' once when er politicioner shoved er box er cigars at me"—he chuckled—"an' den, by golly, I had ter be a gemman, I couldn't grab er whole handful—I des tuck four!"
— from The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

"I'm getting used to these little earthquakes," he said.
— from The Flaming Mountain: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

I suppose one does get used to these little eccentricities of Nature.
— from The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 132, March, 1909 by Various

Having given utterance to this last expression, which she had acquired from her friend Corrie, the poor girl began to howl in order to relieve her insupportable feelings.
— from Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

This, however, must have been mortified on his first introduction to Johnson; after sitting a short time he got up to take leave, expressing a fear that a longer visit might be troublesome.
— from Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving

'At within half a mile from the ground, his Royal Highness the Duke of York galloped up to the line, extended upwards of a mile, and passed them without any form.
— from Florizel's Folly by John Ashton

"Oh yes, he's joined the Hillerton Country Club, and he goes up to the links every morning for practice."
— from Oh, Money! Money! A Novel by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter