“Uncas, look for the marks of a shoe that is long enough to uphold six feet two of tottering human flesh.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that until said lands are opened to settlement by proclamation
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison

On Monday morning, rising a little earlier than usual, she was surprised to find her mother alone at a disordered breakfast-table.
— from Leonora by Arnold Bennett

[165] The loneliness is enormous, earth recedes from sight, and one is conscious of very little except that unfathomable sky overhead, dripping and sprayed with live silver to its furthest faintest depths, while some gorgeous planet of our own system wheels its way between crag and crag as one moves along.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.

When Mr. Ashmead had concluded his remarks, Z. Collins Lee, Esq., the U. S. District Attorney for the District of Maryland, appeared, and was recognized as one of the counsel for the Government.
— from A History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others, for Treason, at Philadelphia in November, 1851 With an Introduction upon the History of the Slave Question by Member of the Philadelphia bar

In August of 1851, Lopez eluded the United States authorities at the port of New Orleans, and sailed out into the Gulf of Mexico with an expedition 450 strong.
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

And Sir Magnus contrived to ride a little earlier than usual so that he should get back while the carriage was still out on its rounds.
— from Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

"I thought I would come a little earlier than usual," said Anna, "in case you might be lonely."
— from Self-Doomed: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon