For a time it had for commander that “Black Knee” nephew of Rob Roy, who earned golden opinions in the neighbourhood by the considerate way in which he exercised his authority, not allowing\[Pg (\d+)\]([a-z])([’|”])([a-z]) dubious auxiliaries like Donald Bean Lean to have their will of the poor country-folk’s cattle and chickens.
— from The Heart of Scotland by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

"Oh dear, no!" said I, for some of the captain's voyages had lasted for years; but the question made me anxious, as I knew nothing of railway rules, and I added, "Does it matter?"
— from A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

"He knew nothing of rancour, remorse, regret; they conveyed much the same to him as if he had been told to walk backwards and received neither sympathy nor courtesy from him.
— from Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith

The outer circumference of the kosmos not only revolves round its axis, but obeys a rotatory impulse emanating from its axis, like the spinning of a teetotum or the turning of a spindle.
— from Plato's Doctrine Respecting the Rotation of the Earth and Aristotle's Comment Upon That Doctrine by George Grote

These considerations, coupled with the further fact that “the testator had neither wife nor child, father nor mother, nor any known, near, or remote relatives living, or others on whom he was or felt himself under obligation to bestow his [Pg 84] property,” induced the court to sustain the will and overrule the allegation of mental incapacity.
— from The Curiosities and Law of Wills by John Proffatt