and doubtless you will oblige me in giving me a few general directions as to the best mode of succeeding in my undertaking.
— from The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms by Anonymous

I am no such pill'd Cynick to believe, That beggary is the only happiness; Or with a number of these patient fools, To sing: "My mind to me a kingdom is," When the lank hungry belly barks for food, I look into the world, and there I meet With objects, that do strike my blood-shot eyes Into my brain: where, when I view myself, Having before observ'd this man is great, Mighty and fear'd; that lov'd and highly favour'd: A third thought wise and learn'd; a fourth rich, And therefore honour'd; a fifth rarely featur'd; A sixth admired for his nuptial fortunes: When I see these, I say, and view myself, I wish the organs of my sight were crack'd;
— from Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson

Major —— in giving me a flat refusal, was a little pompous and important I thought, and he said it was impossible to get near the British.
— from My War Experiences in Two Continents by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

My, it gives me a fine opening to get even with him."
— from The Touch of Abner by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

There is a rapidity, fire and vividness in such passages by which we may in great measure account for [Pg 116] Macaulay’s popularity.
— from The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker