Aschaffenburg, G. Das Verbrechen und seine Bekämpfung; Kriminalpsychologie für Mediziner, Juristen und Soziologen; ein Beitrag zur Reform der Strafgesetzgebung.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

There was some story of a Princess—Elizabeth, if I remember—having intrusted to his care an extraordinary casket of jewels, upon some extraordinary occasion—but as I am not certain of the name or circumstance at this distance of time, I must leave it to the Royal daughters of England to settle the honour among themselves in private.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

On the Sunday following, as Octave was going out, he beheld all the family seated taking their coffee, and he was discreetly hastening by, when the young woman, whispering quickly in her husband's ear, the latter jumped up, saying: “Excuse me, sir, I am always out, I have not yet had an opportunity of thanking you.
— from Piping Hot! (Pot-Bouille): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola

The truth is, he calculated much, and justly, upon Sir Everard's fondness for Edward, which made him unlikely to resent any step that he might take in due submission to parental authority.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

At sight of it Bob and Joe uttered startled exclamations.
— from The Forest of Mystery by James H. Foster

During his visit to this well, Joe underwent some experiences, both physical and mental, which tried his nerve and courage more severely than any descent he had ever made in the open sea.
— from Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The British army, numbering twelve thousand, came from Jamaica, under Sir Edward Pakenham.
— from History of the United States by John Clark Ridpath

It must mean a great deal for her to buy roses in January— un suprême effort ," Miss Woodruff quoted, she and her guardian having a host of such playful allusions.
— from Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

Jam undique sylvæ, et solitudo, ipsumque illud silentium, quod venationi datur, magna cogitationis incitamenta sunt.
— from A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

that noble and fast-sailing line-of-packet ship, the Screw; and he attained at last to such a pitch of universal admiration, that he began to have grave doubts within himself whether a man might reasonably claim any credit for being jolly under such exciting circumstances.
— from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

He would not get Old Joe up so easily.
— from The Duck-footed Hound by Jim Kjelgaard

He tried to refuse to take the cash but was ordered to accept it; he held this job until someone else could be persuaded to take it on.
— from Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by John Cox