But towards the end of dinner, I drank the King's health, quite unwittingly and from force of habit, forgetting— This made John angry and led to a discussion, some of our guests taking the King's part and others saying that he was quite wrong.
— from Lost Diaries by Maurice Baring

"YOU AIN'T NO MORE 'OLD ON THAT SADDLE THAN A STAMP WITH THE GUM LICKED OFF!" [ 106] Mr. Sniggers ( who conceals his qualms under a forced facetiousness ).
— from Voces Populi by F. Anstey

Quickly unrolling about fifty feet of it, he tied an end of the cord to the aeroplane frame.
— from The Aeroplane Express; or, The Boy Aeronaut's Grit by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler

Still, we had passed them, and Robertson, Umslopogaas with three of his men, I and Hans were quite unharmed, a fact for which I returned thanks in silence but sincerely enough to Providence.
— from She and Allan by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

She handed in her examination with the last half of the last question unanswered, and fled from the room with unseeing eyes.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. Frey

She was quite unembarrassed, and free from any shyness at being alone with him, and did not seem to want or expect him to make love to her in the very least, but talked to him as if he were an old friend or a fellow school-girl.
— from Just a Girl by Charles Garvice

Mr. Sniggers ( who conceals his qualms under a forced facetiousness ).
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 by Various