You may say the rest, as I not staying to hear.
— from The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

"What a fine mark," said the rancher admiringly; "I never saw a larger buck."
— from The Young Ranchers; Or, Fighting the Sioux by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The Russian and Prussian light troops meanwhile scoured the roads, and intercepted, near Sommepuix, a convoy of artillery and ammunition belonging to Napoleon's rear-guard, when twenty pieces of cannon, with a strong escort, fell into their hands.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume V. by Walter Scott

He tried to wiggle out by saying they had FORGOT to put on that tax, but they’d be sure to remember about it, next session of Congress, and then they’d put it on, but that was a poor lame come-off, and he knowed it.
— from Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain