The one paid him his wages; the other commanded his entire respect, and it was not easy for him to choose the one whom he should obey.
— from The Dominant Strain by Anna Chapin Ray

He there heard that the king of France was assembling a large army on the Loire, and therefore gave up all thought of continuing his elaborate raid.
— from Battles of English History by H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George

Toward the end of each year he had to turn out and scrape and scratch for the fifty dollars of interest due Mr. Johnson, and that fifty dollars was about the only cash he ever received or paid out, I suppose, while he was proprietor of that newspaper, except for ink and printing-paper.
— from Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain

It beats anything the outdoor chums have ever run up against before.
— from The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods; Or, Rival Hunters of Lumber Run by Quincy Allen

He spoke in his most natural voice, as if no thought of conflict had ever risen between him and the best of New Women.
— from Angela's Business by Henry Sydnor Harrison