That evening Mr. McLean cast a bottle into the Silent Pool, and subsequently called on Mr. Cathro, to whom he introduced himself as one interested in Master Thomas Sandys.
— from Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

The Black fleet, so proud and so conquering of mien a few minutes before, had fallen completely apart.
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

To me, well versed as I was in all kinds of gymnastics, it was a matter of little difficulty to descend the rope which connected us in some way with the earth; so putting another stout cord on my shoulder I went down ‘hand over hand’ until I found myself in a large elm-tree, and as the fog had risen considerably above the earth I was able to make out our whereabouts.
— from The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys by Gordon Stables

By the same post a second cousin of Mrs. Plovtree’s wrote, “If you ask me, I should say make a special point of having everything in reasonable abundance.
— from The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan

This club I wield now, having spent my life In planing knobs and sticking studs to shine; Somebody else must try mere polished steel!" Emboldened by the sober mood's return, "Meanwhile," said I, "since planed and studded club Once more has pashed competitors to dust, And poet proves triumphant with that play Euthukles found last year unfortunate,— Does triumph spring from smoothness still more smoothed, Fresh studs sown thick and threefold?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning