When all were ready, the king sent them to her; but she got up in the night when all were asleep, and took three of her trinkets, a golden ring, a golden necklace, and a golden brooch, and packed the three dresses—of the sun, the moon, and the stars—up in a nutshell, and wrapped herself up in the mantle made of all sorts of fur, and besmeared her face and hands with soot.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

In the night whilst every one was asleep, she got up, and took three different things from her treasures, a golden ring, a golden spinning-wheel, and a golden reel.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Whilst the Thames remained in this state, many interesting observations were made on the construction and foundation of London Bridge; and the ‘ Weekly Packet ,’ from September the 15th to September the 22d, states, that a silver tankard, a gold ring, a guinea, and several other things which had been lost there, were then taken up.
— from Chronicles of London Bridge by Richard Thompson

Give them a good room and good food, and I will remunerate you as far as money goes.
— from The Harvest of Years by Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell

The Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way, and therefore design a present to the same Cato very speedily; in the meantime they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side: so betwixt them it is probable that Cato (as Dr. Garth expressed it) may have something to live upon after he dies."
— from The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins

When Girard was gone, Madame Bergeret looked round her room, and she saw there a collection of fine old gold plate, such as often forms the source of pride to a Breton yeoman of old family, and descends like a patent of nobility from one generation to another, greatly reverenced and guarded.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

You will see that all goes right, and give Lord Wolfer his breakfast, and preside at the dinner when I'm out on the stump——" "On the what?" asked the mystified Nell.
— from Nell, of Shorne Mills; or, One Heart's Burden by Charles Garvice

Qua. Ha, ha! ’tis a good rogue, a good rogue!
— from The Works of John Marston. Volume 2 by John Marston