There is an immortal conflict going on, in which Gods and demigods are our allies, and we their property; for injustice and folly and wickedness make war in our souls upon justice and temperance and wisdom.
— from Laws by Plato

"Hard luck for their folks," said Uncle Jack, as the ambulance rumbled away.
— from Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts by Roy Rutherford Bailey

I would wager that the Opposition papers would batter down a government of their own setting up, just as they are battering the present government, if any demand was refused.
— from Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac

“Wal,” said Uncle Joe, as they arose from the breakfast-table, “what do you youngsters kalkerlate to do first?”
— from Frank in the Woods by Harry Castlemon

Leah slightly smiled as she obeyed this command, and sat down on the crumbling, moss-grown wood, saying: "Uncle Jack, are there any rivers in my way to the Queen City?"
— from Leah Mordecai: A Novel by Belle K. (Belle Kendrick) Abbott

In the second and third chapters of the book of Revelation, the church is seen under judgment, and the appeal, seven times repeated, is, "He that hath an ear, let him hear"—what?
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I by Charles Henry Mackintosh