These publications became generally read, and gained him a very extensive reputation.
— from Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett

I married a young woman of Rhodes, and gave her a very considerable establishment, which I was able to do, for Andronicus paid me much better than Herodotus had done; but she did not prove a very suitable helpmeet, and I believe she married me simply because I was in fairly good circumstances.
— from The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander by Frank Richard Stockton

"Well, there's so much bitterness shown between the Federals and the rebels nowadays," Rob said, "that I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they [Pg 265] stood each one of those poor fellows up against a rock and gave him a volley!
— from The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by John Henry Goldfrap

The tail of the cock has long feathers, which curl over the rest and give him a very graceful appearance.
— from Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors: For Young Folks by James Johonnot

Her young friend's revelations actually gave her a vertigo; they made her perceive everything from which she should have rescued her.
— from The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by Henry James

'Tis said that the captain of the baggage guard took him for Sir Thomas Fairfax, he wearing a red Spanish cloak after his lordship's fashion, and went to him, hat in hand, and asked: "How goes the day?" thinking that he was the General; and that thereupon the Prince asked whether they would have quarter, which they refused, and gave him a volley instead, which beat him and his horsemen off.
— from With the King at Oxford: A Tale of the Great Rebellion by Alfred John Church