“My colleagues: Philip Ivanitch Nikitin, Mihail Stanislavitch Grinevitch”—and turning to Levin—“a district councilor, a modern district councilman, a gymnast who lifts thirteen stone with one hand, a cattle-breeder and sportsman, and my friend, Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin, the brother of Sergey Ivanovitch Koznishev.” “Delighted,” said the veteran.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Well, when it ’uz a little pas’ midnight, as I reckoned, en I had come fifteen or twenty mile, I see de lights o’ a steamboat layin’ at de bank, whah dey warn’t no town en no woodyard, en putty soon I ketched de shape 233 o’ de chimbly-tops ag’in’ de stars, en den good gracious me, I ’most jumped out
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

To the girl the law resembles the traffic in the street; and when she is knocked down she and her friends regard her as the victim of misfortune.
— from The Criminal & the Community by James Devon

"Perhaps you don't realise that she is keeping Dr. Sartorius here entirely on your account."
— from Juggernaut by Alice Campbell

His success in keeping down strife among the herders, and making peace among his people, soon gave him a fame beyond the borders of his own State.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Elbert Hubbard

"Sure, I know," Dave said good naturedly.
— from Dave Dawson at Singapore by Robert Sidney Bowen

"'Aunt Rosamond,' the latter said sadly to me one day, 'I fear Susanna's being here is a burden to Klaus; he is quiet, depressed, and not at all as he used to be.' "'Why that cause, Anna Maria?' said I. 'Klaus does seem out of humor, that is true, but may it not be something else?
— from A Sister's Love: A Novel by W. Heimburg