Of course there is a great deal of the work in a mine which is not directly remunerative, such as “sinking” shafts, opening up and “driving” (or lengthening) levels, and sinking “winzes.”
— from Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

This conclusion is, no doubt, rather startling, and difficult to understand.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

[9] Josephi Gardini de Electrici Ignis Natura Dissertatio, Regiæ Scientiarum Academiæ Mantuanæ exhibita, Mantuæ 1792, p.
— from An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism With a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London by Giovanni Aldini

I never did really sing, and I haven’t uttered a note since—for twenty years.”
— from Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable