I having run my Race, I now at last do see, That in much shame and sad disgrace, my Life will ended be: I took delight to rob, and rifle rich and poor, But now at last, my Friend, Old Mob, I ne'er shall see thee more: No Tongue nor Pen can tell, etc, The Blood which I have spilt
— from Half-hours with the Highwaymen - Vol 1 Picturesque Biographies and Traditions of the "Knights of the Road" by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

But my reader is not a lover, and I must spare his patience, by attempting to condense within reasonable compass the narrative which old Janet spread through a harangue of nearly two hours, When Waverley communicated to Fergus the letter he had received from Rose Bradwardine, by Davie Gellatley, giving an account of Tully-Veolan being occupied by a small party of soldiers, that circumstance had struck upon the busy and active mind of the Chieftain.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott

But my reader is not a lover and I must spare his patience, by attempting to condense within reasonable compass the narrative which old Janet spread through a harangue of nearly two hours.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 2 by Walter Scott

Apparently yielding to the antidote for a time, the insidious venom, after a shorter or longer interval, during which it appears to have been conquered, all at once re-asserts its presence, and has to be met by such fresh injections, regardless of the quantity of strychnine previously administered, but the amount required in most relapses is not a large one.
— from On Snake-Poison: Its Action and Its Antidote by A. Mueller

The son, Master Robert, is now a lieutenant on half-pay.
— from Boswelliana: The Commonplace Book of James Boswell, with a Memoir and Annotations by James Boswell

Mr. Rush is not a loafer.
— from The Iron Boys as Foremen; or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift by James R. Mears

The visits of Bishop Gibbons—the late Cardinal—and Bishop Keene greatly strengthened the prospects of the church, and though its membership roll is not a long one, it embraces today some of our solid and successful citizens.
— from Historic Fredericksburg: The Story of an Old Town by John T. (John Tackett) Goolrick