All the members of the family, and even the tired servants, who are always joyously ready to help, sit up, because there is literally nowhere for them to sleep.
— from Things seen in Spain by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

My last long absence from you both was caused By wounds, which in my journey I received, When set upon by thieves; I lost those jewels And letters, which your dying mother left.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by John Dryden

“Well,” said Uncle Bob, “this is learning something with a vengeance.
— from Patience Wins: War in the Works by George Manville Fenn

In another minute he could reach out a helping hand, which being seized upon by the imperiled lad, Maurice was soon brought close enough, to admit of his climbing over the low gunwale.
— from The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South by St. George Rathborne

"Now let us have some bright laughter and sparkling wit, or must we wait until Clocker shows up before there is levity in the house?"
— from At the Post by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold