"And in the name of the King of kings I denounce death on him who attempts it!"
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

Very few of the birds kept in domestication die of old age.
— from Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture by John H. (John Henry) Robinson

And the Miners kept enlarging their circle like an encroaching sea, and those, whose dwellings were not ruined, were kept in daily dread of their little property, around which clung so many pleasant memories; where, after years of toil and care, they had fondly hoped for tranquillity in old age!
— from The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc. by C. F. G. Clark

We jest as much prisoners as de white men, so he not able to go out to git a key made; but in de storeroom dere's all sorts ob tools, and he git hold ob a fine file; den he look about among de keys in de doors ob all de storerooms and places which wor not kept locked up.
— from True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"We be poor men, coach-wan ji," said the little driver, deprecatingly, "and thy honorable kinswoman is deserving, doubtless, of thy exalted consideration."
— from The Taming of the Jungle by C. W. (Charles William) Doyle