For some years the students were boarded and clothed at the expense of the mission; but such is now the eagerness for instruction that there are a multitude of competitors for every casual vacancy; and the cost of their maintenance during the whole period of pupilage is willingly paid in advance, in order to secure the privilege of admission.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

I retain the keenest sympathy and something inexplicably near to envy for my own departed youth, but I should find it difficult to maintain my case against any one who would condemn me altogether as having been a very silly, posturing, emotional hobbledehoy indeed and quite like my faded photograph.
— from In the Days of the Comet by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

"Ever since I noticed the effect fermented mammoth's milk had on the boys, it's been on my mind, rather.
— from The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner

It surely is no trivial event for a daughter to leave the home of her childhood, the tender care and watchful guardianship of kind parents, the society of affectionate brothers and sisters, to confide herself, with all her interests and her happiness, to another with whom she has hitherto associated only as a friend.
— from Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness Being a Series of Lectures to Youth of Both Sexes, on Character, Principles, Associates, Amusements, Religion, and Marriage by John Mather Austin

o be called the People’s Savings Fund; provide such extra clerk hire as may be necessary to attend to the business; lend the money of such fund on first mortgage real estate security to such citizens as may apply for same, at a rate of simple interest not to exceed four (4) per cent.
— from Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date by W. I. (William I.) Hood

“Rivers is dead, and gallant John,” said Edward, sadly; “is not that enough for revenge?”
— from The Last of the Barons — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

He was obliged frequently to change his abode—sometimes in Leicestershire, sometimes in Northamptonshire, to escape from his foes; acting on the directions given by his Lord, "If they persecute you in one city, flee unto another."
— from Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Thomas Coleman

Why should I not then, Eliza Finlay Spinster, attempt delineating manners, which I have really seen?
— from Munster Village by Hamilton, Mary, Lady

"She is not the empress, for she is too awkward," and Catharine again turned her eyes on the carriage with anxious curiosity.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II by Various