'I never said I did doubt it at all, Miss Abbey.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

My ole folks, and eight brudders and sisters, is down dere in de pit now; waitin' for the Lord to set 'em free.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

For it shows a distinct advance in matter; its use of the narrative tenses is later than that of the Aitareya ; and its style is decidedly developed in comparison with all the above-mentioned Brāhmaṇas.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Who ever said I did defend it?” said St. Clare.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

And so I drove down into the sea, and the stars went out one by one, and the moon grew greener and darker, and the seaweed became a luminous purple-red.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

You can hardly accuse the Germans of that, Susan." "Indeed, Dr. dear, I do not know."
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The god did not hesitate, so highly did he prize the draught, but immediately plucked out one of his eyes, which Mimir kept in pledge, sinking it deep down into his fountain, where it shone with mild lustre, leaving Odin with but one eye, which is considered emblematic of the sun.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

I wrapped all the notes in the rag and stuffed it deep down in the hole.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To those who see the situation in this light, modern business has largely solved the age-long problem of producing and distributing the material necessities and amenities of life; and nothing remains except to perfect the system in detail, develop its further potentialities, and fight tooth and nail those who are led by lack of personal success or a maudlin sympathy for the incompetent to attack and undermine it.
— from The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform by James Harvey Robinson

64 In the Indian Hills, in case of illness a stake is driven down into the earth where four roads meet, and certain drugs and grains are buried close by, which are speedily disinterred and eaten by crows.
— from The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 (of 2) by William Crooke

“Oh, please donʼt,” said Bob; “I am sure I donʼt deserve it.”
— from Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 2 (of 3) by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Immediately, and with conspicuous ability, they took hold of the problem, solved its difficulties, developed its possibilities, and by the end of the nineteenth century had made it master of the world.
— from Towards the Great Peace by Ralph Adams Cram

Sending several files of soldiers in different directions, I contrived to surround the spot, and then moving forward, I beheld two men dressed in black coats, and armed with bright firelocks and bayonets, sitting under a tree; as soon as they observed me, they started up and took to their heels, but being hemmed in on all sides, they quickly perceived that to escape was impossible, and accordingly stood still.
— from The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig

The vesicle lies at the side of the head, and its stalk is directed downwards, inwards and backwards.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

We entered Pigeon Wood after a long walk over wild chaos, and, guided by the officer and sergeant, I dived down into a deep dugout just captured from the Germans, who were two hundred yards away in Kite Copse.
— from Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs