This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted, To ken what French mischief was brewin; Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin; That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph, If Venus yet had got his nose off; Or how the collieshangie works Atween the Russians and the Turks, Or if the Swede, before he halt, Would play anither Charles the twalt; If Denmark, any body spak o't; Or Poland, wha had now the tack o't: How cut-throat Prussian blades were hingin; How libbet Italy was singin; If Spaniard, Portuguese, or Swiss, Were sayin' or takin' aught amiss; Or how our merry lads at hame, In Britain's court kept up the game; How royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Hughie touched the bell and continued,— "Dear Joan is very young in some ways, and she has no idea of the value of money; but since talking the matter over with me recently, she would like to have a few words with you about her financial position.
— from A Man's Man by Ian Hay

Joan is very young yet....
— from The Honour of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall

I'll send up our business psychiatrist, Dr. Pendergast Potter—he studied under Jung in Vienna, you know—and he'll give you our standard businessman's sanity-test.
— from The Rat Race by Jay Franklin

Ja, immer vergnügt (Yes, always in a good humour), and ready to amuse everybody, and I never get angry."
— from Music-Study in Germany, from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay

When Junior is very young he has to be selfish.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1972 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

In vain you strive to wander back To times of peaceful joy, In vain you hope times to recall, Lost in eternity; No, never shall those scenes return, No more shall Britain shine, As she was wont, so splendidly, I' the days of Lang Syne.
— from The Newcastle Song Book; or, Tyne-Side Songster Being a Collection of Comic and Satirical Songs, Descriptive of Eccentric Characters, and the Manners and Customs of a Portion of the Labouring Population of Newcastle and the Neighbourhood by Various

Ye make a long journey in vain; ye spend your labour and money in vain; all the pains might be saved: it is not where ye seek it.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning