'There are you, Charley, working your way, in secret from father, at the school; and you get prizes; and you go on better and better; and you come to be a—what was it you called it when you told me about that?' 'Ha, ha!
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

At the first menstrual period, a Yānādi girl occupies a hut erected for the purpose, which must have within it at least one stick of Strychnos Nux-vomica , to drive away devils.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Iayri ang bisiklíta inigsakay nímu, Pump the pedal as you get on the bike.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"And you were not aware of the danger in which you placed a young girl of ardent imagination?"
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.

Another is that in which they play with four small bones and four yellow nails, to which one of each sort is added; they are laid upon a flat 197 wooden plate, which is struck, so that they fly up and fall back into the plate, and you gain, or lose, according as they lie together on one side, and the stake is often very high.
— from Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, part 1 by Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von

With the right companion, what talks are possible, as you glide out in the last flush of evening towards the more distant lagoons and wait for the moon to come up out of Istria, across the sea!
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.

When the occurrence was represented to him, his ready reply was, "Pair as you go out; you're all married; pair as you go out."
— from Lancashire Folk-lore Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine by John Harland

Then pound them (one at a time) in a mortar, till each becomes a smooth paste; pouring in, as you proceed, a little rose-water to make the almonds white and light, and transferring [157] the paste to a plate as you go on.
— from Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling... by Eliza Leslie

Mingled with these aspirations was a desire to lay "some good foundation, or at least make some way thereunto, for ye propagating & advancing ye gospell of ye kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of ye world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for ye performing of so great a work."
— from The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites

And where, pray, are you going on this lovely afternoon?
— from For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke

For perhaps, as you grow older, you will be called upon to fill some high office of trust and responsibility.
— from The Quiver, 1/1900 by Anonymous