She kissed him, and laughingly demanded if he had bought "those niggers."
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

Margaret instantly knew who the visitor was, and as she went to her, took her two hands in both her own, kissed her and looked down into the motherly old face with its expression of childlike innocence and sweetness, she was thankful that the rest of the family was not at home and that she could for a little while bask in the warmth of this kindly human countenance.
— from Her Husband's Purse by Helen Reimensnyder Martin

But I'll tell King Henry and Lord Darby, I will; and I'll have back my angels, I will.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

So many murders following each other in rapid succession had considerably reduced the Achsemenian family, and Bagoas for a moment was puzzled where to find a king: he at length decided in favour of Codomannos, who according to some was a great-grandson of Darius II., but according to others was not of the royal line, but had in his youth been employed as a courier.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero