They had no sooner spy’d us, but they set up a loud Cry, that frighted us at 185 first; we thought it had been for those that should kill us, but it seems it was of Wonder and Amazement.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume V by Aphra Behn

Laura, like the blessed woman she is, strove bravely to keep up, but I saw that she too felt that the end was near.
— from A Chain of Evidence by Carolyn Wells

"I know Uncle Bryant is stern, he's as hard as a hickory knot, and he's unforgiving.
— from The Lone Ranger Rides by Fran Striker

That an All-powerful Providence may keep us both in safety is the prayer of your ever faithful and affectionate Friend, ” G. Washington “20th of July Mrs. Martha Custis.”
— from Threads of Grey and Gold by Myrtle Reed

She belongs to a friend of my guvnor’s, and were built by ’is father at Sittingbourne, and ’as allus been well kep’ up by ’is son.
— from A Floating Home by Cyril Ionides

Constant communication was kept up between Ireland, Spain, and the Low Countries, and there was [Pg 226] scarcely a southern chief or lord who was not supposed to be in correspondence with Stukeley or with some other of the exiles.
— from Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Richard Bagwell