Gheena, a little shaken and upset, gave him tea in the school-room.
— from The Scratch Pack by Dorothea Conyers

I feel in such an uncommon good humour this evening—in such excellent spirits.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

Presently, with a suave and unimpatient gesture, he took his ticket away from the peering woman and read her the number.
— from The Judge by Rebecca West

Kosinksi detested them most cordially, though, spite of himself, he was a tremendous favourite in their ranks, and the unwilling victim of the most affectionate demonstrations on their part: and when, with a shrug of his shoulders and uncompromising gait, he turned his back on his admirers, they would turn round to me, exclaiming fondly— "Comme il est drole, le pauvre diable!"
— from A Girl Among the Anarchists by Isabel Meredith

The champion wrestler here has overthrown my two stalwart sons, and unless God help them they must die of their grievous hurts.
— from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt