"We could get Gregory to join us," said the energetic Squire.
— from Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

Any possible jury, upon seeing that evidence, would know it to be the truth; no possible jury, after seeing that evidence, could bring in any verdict other than "guilty".
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

O se jeusse ueu, se tu eusse ueu, sil eusse ueu: se nous eussions, se uous eussiez, if they had sene.
— from An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés

This being an all-important affair I jumped up, stirred the embers together and blew them into a flame.
— from A Claim on Klondyke: A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper

"How long is it, old woman," said he, turning to his wife, who had now joined us, "since that ere burning?"
— from Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony by Beavan, F. (Frederick), Mrs.