Jo never knew how it happened, but something got into that story that went straight to the hearts of those who read it; for, when her family had laughed and cried over it, her father sent it, much against her will, to one of the popular magazines, and, to her utter surprise, it was not only paid for, but others requested.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Jo never knew how it happened, but something got into that story that went straight to the hearts of those who read it, for when her family had laughed and cried over it, her father sent it, much against her will, to one of the popular magazines, and to her utter surprise, it was not only paid for, but others requested.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

To receive an appointment to West Point, one must apply to his United States senator or to a congressman in the state in which he lives, or to the President.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Some shop-keepers were playing at pigeon fly; one held up as many of the fingers of both hands as he thought fit, his antagonist had to guess immediately how many, and to hold up simultaneously exactly the same number of his own.
— from The Human Race by Louis Figuier

The mate died on the run down from Sydney, and Captain Newmarch sent me ashore to hunt up some one for his perch.
— from The White Waterfall by James Francis Dwyer

"Nobody has told you what we think of your giving up your comfortable summer in the White Mountains and down in Maine, without a care, and going up to this farm in order to cure dear mother, and to help us," said Margery, with a quiver in her voice.
— from Six Girls and Bob: A Story of Patty-Pans and Green Fields by Marion Ames Taggart

I might have thought that it was their business, part of their profession, to utter those stern maxims, and to hold up such lofty ideals of conduct.”
— from Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism by John Stuart Blackie

Do not take the brave young warrior from his wife and child, and leave them in poverty and sorrow; but plead for mercy to be shown to him also—and so may mercy be shown to his conquerors, and to you, his deliverer, when—' 'Peace, child,' interrupted the Sachem, with more asperity than he usually showed to Oriana.
— from The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers by Mrs. (Annie) Webb-Peploe

The whole man is changed—disposition, manner, mind and temperament have undergone some radical metamorphosis.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, July 1849 by Various

It would be difficult to imagine an "old-time" abolitionist, whose faculties are in a fair state of preservation, forgetting that he received fugitives from a certain neighbor or community a few miles away, that he usually stowed them in his garret or his haymow, and that he was in the habit of taking them at night in all kinds of weather to one of several different stations, the managers of which he knew intimately and trusted implicitly.
— from The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history by Wilbur Henry Siebert