And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea, Poe was connected at various times and in various capacities with the “Southern Literary Messenger” in Richmond, Va.; “Graham’s Magazine” and the “Gentleman’s Magazine” in Philadelphia; the “Evening Mirror,” the “Broadway Journal,” and “Godey’s Lady’s Book” in New York.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

During which time, the aforesaid king of that nation, sustaining repeatedly very great losses in his kingdom from his enemies, at length bethought himself, that as he had been before expelled from the throne for his unbelief, he had been restored when he acknowledged the faith of Christ; and he perceived that his kingdom, being deprived of a bishop, was justly deprived also of the Divine protection.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Where is the gentle Rivers, Vaughan, Grey?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

He faced Mr Verloc across the table, and remained very good and quiet, staring vacantly.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Those who have rendered very great personal service to the Crown have been sometimes so favoured.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

“All right, very good.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

For here farms, varying in size from 250 acres to 5,000 and over, have been made to return very good profits.
— from The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire by S. W. Partington

It requires very great application to play it well: and let a man be ever so expert, he will be apt to fall into mistakes if he thinks of anything else, or is disturbed by the conversation of those that look on.
— from The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2) by Andrew Steinmetz

It was one thing to struggle to let you have it in the hopes that you would secure a really valuable garment like a sealskin jacket and another to give it to you for some rather useless ornaments.
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

All right, very good account.
— from Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island by Julia de Winton

it was only a bill from a jobbing-tailor whom he had employed to renovate various garments sub rosa .
— from The Quiver, 2/1900 by Various

For seing the whole processe ronneth vpon gouernaunce and Lawes, for thadministracion of commune wealthes, in peace and in warre, of aunciente times tofore our greate graundfathers daies: to whom mighte I bettre presente it, then to a Lorde of verie nobilitie and wisedome, that hath bene highe Mareshalle in the field abrode, deputie of the locke and keie of this realme, and a counsailour at home, of thre worthie princes.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Richard Hakluyt

He was very rich, very good-natured, easily managed, more likely to be proud of his wife than of himself, addicted to no jealousies, afflicted by no vices, so respectable in every way that he was sure to become great as an English nobleman by the very weight of his virtues.
— from He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope

I replied, "Very good!
— from The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by John Gibson Paton

The more I dare, the less dare they Too prompt, too full of personal relish of his point ADVENTURES OF HARRY RICHMOND, V7 [GM#56][GM56V10.TXT]4450 All passed too swift for happiness He clearly could not learn from misfortune Intimations of cowardice menacing a paralysis of the will Like a woman, who would and would not, and wanted a master One in a temper at a time I'm sure 's enough Simple affection must bear the strain of friendship if it can Stand not in my way, nor follow me too far Tension of the old links keeping us together
— from Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Collected Works of George Meredith by George Meredith