How did he know that he should have even a few years in which to think and work for his College?
— from The New Warden by Ritchie, David G. (David George), Mrs.

He had not such success in France as elsewhere, and Bernard secured his expulsion a few years later.
— from Peter Abélard by Joseph McCabe

“That's very kind—only what I should have expected, also, from your public spirit.
— from Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

As his ‘Songs of the dead end’ were written out of the life of his youth in Ireland, so these ‘Soldier songs’ are the lyrical expression of the sights and sounds he encountered a few years later in the midst of ‘war’s orgies of carnage.’
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

“Here,” he said, with a smile that was half a leer and an intonation that was little less than a sneer—“here is a spot that will scarce have enough attraction for your worship to merit your worship’s stay.”
— from The Lady of Loyalty House: A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy