All that two thousand is used up, and I only get along by squeezing some money out of the old man every now and again.
— from The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill

In many ways La Salle differed very much from the type of men exploring North America at this time.
— from Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 1. Under the French Régime, 1535-1760 by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

The old man, every nerve and vein in his lean, high forehead swollen and leaping, raised his cane and shook it at him.
— from Chippinge Borough by Stanley John Weyman

The merchant navy of the English colonies was already larger than that of many European nations, and known in almost every port in the world where men bought and sold.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1 by George Warburton

And thus they travelled on their first stage of a few miles, chatting with each other, while the old man every now and then recited portions of the Koran, or from Persian poets that he remembered, and even passages in Arabic of the Turreequt, which at last he had undertaken.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 2 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

Remember, you’re going to think of me every night at seven o’clock.
— from Virginia of Elk Creek Valley by Mary Ellen Chase

There is only one place in Palestine where a name at all like that of Megiddo exists, namely, at the large ruin of Mujedd’a, a well-watered site at the foot of Mount Gilboa, just where the valley of Jezreel opens into the Jordan plain south-west of Bethshean.
— from Palestine by C. R. (Claude Reignier) Conder