No woman, unsustained by most perfect and most unselfish love, could have held up against such trials as hers; where she has had doubts she has thrust them from her, and her deep affection has given her strength to bear her sufferings.
— from Jessie Trim by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

The poor husband was heartbroken, and declared, as many men under like conditions had done before and have done since, that his sorrow was inconsolable.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard

Meanwhile, Alice thought sadly over the many uncomfortable legends concerning her ancient and dwindled race.
— from Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

If our sympathy is to go out on every occasion, to the man who failed to come up to the mark of noble manhood, just because we feel that we might under like circumstances have failed too, then we give up the code of honor altogether, and our ideals droop to the level from which we fight and pray to be preserved.
— from Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View by Price Collier

how many under like circumstances have been deceived.
— from True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Hezekiah Butterworth

It is a question whether a motion under like conditions had ever before been put or carried or ever will be in the future.
— from The Spirit of 1906 by George W. Brooks

"Missy," Uncle Lon continued, "he was near 'bout de greates' man dat eber come outen de South.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration