I passed this over to Mr. Monroe, and rather enjoyed seeing his mystification as he read it.
— from The Gold Bag by Carolyn Wells

“That fellow, Myles Falworth, hath been breeding mutiny and revolt ever sin he came hither among us, and because he was thus mutinous I would punish him therefor.”
— from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle

Mr. Esmond had always maintained a perfect fluency in the French, which was his mother tongue; and if this family (that spoke French with the twang which the Flemings use) discovered any inaccuracy in Mr. Simon's pronunciation, 'twas to be attributed to the latter's long residence in England, where he had married and remained ever since he was taken prisoner at Blenheim.
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray