yet me withdrawn, Wakeful to weep and watch the tardy dawn Establish'd use enjoins; to rest and joy Estranged, since dear Ulysses sail'd to Troy!
— from The Odyssey by Homer

‘What you say seems right and just enough,’ said the lay brother, not at all sorry to have his scruples so speciously explained away.
— from Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome by Rachel Harriette Busk

"Oh yes!" replied Agnes joyfully, "everything shall be put into the closet.
— from The Widow Barnaby. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Frances Milton Trollope

A reasonable and judiciously expressed sympathy with our fellow-beings is the very highest attribute of our nature.
— from Manners and Social Usages by M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson) Sherwood

It can sleep in my room an’ jus’ eat scraps.”
— from Just William by Richmal Crompton

A pleasant military promenade through a rich country, fine weather, abundant rations, and just enough skirmishing to give zest to the whole affair, whose fighting part was exceeding brief, as might be expected, when French bayonets and artillery were opposed to the clumsy guns and irregular tactics of the Beni-Abbez—we find nothing in this picture to extenuate the horrible cruelties enacted by the conquerors after their easily achieved victory.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 by Various