It was creditable to his tenderness of heart, but suggested that he might on occasion give some offence to the neighbours: the rather, as the footman looked in, and begged pardon, finding he was not wanted, but excused himself; on the ground 'that he thought it was Cats.' H2 anchor Chapter 11 SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART Little Miss Peecher, from her little official dwelling-house, with its little windows like the eyes in needles, and its little doors like the covers of school-books, was very observant indeed of the object of her quiet affections.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

His joy the reader may opine. 'Once got,' said he, 'this game were fine; But if a sheep, 'twere sooner mine.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

, confirms as much out of Galen; so doth Wierus, Christophorus a Vega de art.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“All the wheels of state are controlled by the will of one man, of our gracious sovereign, the emperor”—and he made a reverence before the marble statue of the czar.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

But the men if they rightly understand their own interest, have no reason to oppose the ingenious Education of the Women, since ’twou’d go a great way towards reclaiming the men, great is the influence we have over them in their Childhood, in which time if a Mother be discreet and knowing as well as devout, she has many opportunities of giving such a Form and Season 107 to the tender Mind of the Child, as will shew its good effects thro’ all the stages of his Life.
— from A serious proposal to the Ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest (In Two Parts) by Mary Astell

How ticklish was vividly brought home to me within a few minutes of our getting safe under cover in the cottage.
— from The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough

2.—Many of our grammarians say, "When a noun of multitude is preceded by a definitive word, which clearly limits the sense to an aggregate with an idea of unity, it requires a verb and pronoun to agree with it in the singular number."—
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Thus it was with Christ, with Paul, with Job, with Heman, and so has been with many other of God's servants in the day of their temptations in this world; and a sore time it is.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan