Or does his being the Soorey Giant make a difference?' "'Hang you and your Soorey Giants!' says Dan.
— from Running Free by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

“Tell me, Archer Dick, have you any enemy in this town of Venice?
— from Red Eve by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Do what I am doing, what Henry Sydney and Buckhurst are doing, what other men that I could mention are doing, hold yourself aloof from political parties which, from the necessity of things, have ceased to have distinctive principles, and are therefore practically only factions; and wait and see, whether with patience, energy, honour, and Christian faith, and a desire to look to the national welfare and not to sectional and limited interests; whether, I say, we may not discover some great principles to guide us, to which we may adhere, and which then, if true, will ultimately guide and control others.’
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

What he might possibly have granted me after long hesitation and consideration, and with many a delay, he yielded after mass this morning with smiling lips.
— from Barbara Blomberg — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers

His had been a task, taxing to the utmost both body and mind, and, despite his youth and strength, it would take nature some time to replace what had been worn away.
— from The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Give my love to your mother, please, and believe me always, dear Hilda, "Your affectionate " Isabel Merryweather. " Hildegarde gave a half-sigh, as she finished this letter, and walked on in silence, thinking many things.
— from Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Added to the grief occasioned by their bereavement, the mother and daughter had yet another cause for anxiety and disquietude, for the home where they had dwelt for so many years in the enjoyment of uninterrupted happiness was now no longer theirs.
— from The Path of Duty, and Other Stories by Harriet S. Caswell