This rubbish, the restitution of universal suffrage, entraps the simpletons.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

Stranger things have happened, and doctors are human and likely to make mistakes like the rest of us,” said Eunice, in a cheerful tone; then she added, with a graver note in her voice, “Meanwhile, she has you, and what a blessing you will be in the house!
— from The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba by Bessie Marchant

These being religious festivals, seemed to require of us some extra homage, for which we knew not how to find [Pg 304] any natural or significant expression, except through sharp discharges of stones, that being a language older than Hebrew or Sanscrit, and universally intelligible.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II. by Various

There be those ultra-Europeanized, or soi-disant refinedly educated Americans, who will complacently smile at this recapitulation of United States excellencies, and if slangily inclined, brand it as "pea-nut," "stump eloquence," and "Fourth-of-Julyism."
— from The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851 by Various

“What! unable to sleep, like the rest of us?” said Ebenezer Smith, accosting Robin as he reached the deck.
— from The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"Mother is as bad as the rest of us," said Eleanor.
— from The Inside of the Cup — Volume 01 by Winston Churchill