In our state of the world, those who have the administration of political laws in their hands, if they ever read history, or can avail themselves of the experiences of ages, ought to know that it is not by severity or persecution that the affections of their fellow-subjects can be conciliated.
— from Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

That they were taking their own lives in their hands in the effort to aid their comrade did not even occur to them.
— from Bert Wilson at Panama by J. W. Duffield

But the epoch was now drawing near, when Mrs. Walter Walkinshaw was required to prepare herself for becoming a mother, and her husband was no less interested than herself in the event.
— from The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy by John Galt