These foreigners marry and come here and live, and their children are born here; and they grow up and call themselves Romans, as proudly as you please.
— from A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Mother and Cissy have always looked after that.
— from The Paying Guest by George Gissing

They who simply repay being sustained and protected, by a desire to please, a readiness to serve, a wish to instruct; without falsehood in their counsels, without adulation in their civilities, without meanness in their manners and conduct; have at least as just a claim to respect and consideration, for their services and their labours, as those who, merely through pecuniary retribution, reap their fruits.
— from The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5) by Fanny Burney

In 1870 the position of cashier in Molson’s Bank was offered him and after carefully considering the subject of making a change he at length accepted, and the continuous growth and development of the bank from that time until his death testified to his ability, resourcefulness and initiative.
— from Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

The same evening Manasés and Champagne held a long and secret interview.
— from Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Conrad von Bolanden