The wreck lodged upon a sandbar, and when the Boreas turned the next point on her upward journey it was still burning with scarcely abated fury.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

d blue, eight ribs bruised, his brisket sunk in, his omoplates in four quarters, his under jawbone in three pieces; and all this in jest, and no harm done.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Why, Miss Pollyanna, when ye remember how at first she hated ter have—” With a choking cough Nancy pulled herself up just in time.
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

In his desire to take guitar lessons he applied to one of his young masters to teach him, but the young man, not having much faith in the ability of the slave to master the guitar at his age, sought to discourage him by telling him: "Uncle Jake, I will give you guitar lessons; but, Jake, I will have to charge you three dollars for the first lesson, two dollars for the second lesson, and one dollar for the third lesson.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

[141] with Polly while her Uncle John is away.
— from Princess Polly At Play by Amy Brooks

Ted and Stella raised such a shout that Carl pulled his horses up just in time to keep them from trying to climb upon the veranda.
— from Ted Strong in Montana Or, With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor

He urged justice in dealings between man and man and strict administration of trusts, care for the orphan and widow and charity toward the poor.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

And such is the life of this woman, filled with the spirit of beauty of soul—a woman who thrills husband and son with the uplift of her unremitting joy in living, who inspires uncle and friends as one who has mastered the art of a happy life, who holds the devotion of neighbors and servants through her unselfish radiation of cheer.
— from Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. (Robert Sproul) Carroll

When he turned up at Four-Pools early in the morning, his horse, Uncle Jake informed me, looked as if it had been ridden by "de debbil hisself."
— from The Four-Pools Mystery by Jean Webster

Her Uncle James is contesting the will and the estate is tied up and she can't get any of it.
— from John Marsh's Millions by Arthur Hornblow

"Let us hope Uncle Jack is your brother," said Mr. Bobbsey gently.
— from The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City by Laura Lee Hope

he cried, as she gave him his saddle blanket, “how uncommonly jolly in them to remember me!
— from A Texas Blue Bonnet by Caroline Emilia Jacobs