Perhaps one word of caution is needed here, lest any one, anxious to bring out clearly every sound, should overdo the matter and neglect the unity and smoothness of pronunciation.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Your captain has robbed us of a large sum of money, and now turns us adrift, so as to compel us to land among savages, who may kill us immediately.
— from The Privateer's-Man, One hundred Years Ago by Frederick Marryat

And this is what he read printed in mincing "Art Nouveau" type upon a swinging zinc sign fashioned to imitate something or other which was no doubt very precious: Oyez !
— from The Adventures of a Modest Man by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

After all, her motives are nothing to us, and she’s a damned fine woman, whatever she does it for.’
— from Hyacinth by George A. Birmingham

The stove was so small she could not help laughing at it, but he whispered to her savagely to stop her merriment, and not to utter a sound that could be heard outside the [126] room.
— from Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 3 by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon