“Yes, yes,” replied Dantès eagerly; “I would beg of you, who see so completely to the depths of things, and to whom the greatest mystery seems but an easy riddle, to explain to me how it was that I underwent no second examination, was never brought to trial, and, above all, was condemned without ever having had sentence passed on me?”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

In the meanwhile, our opposites cannot, by these examples, strengthen themselves in this present argument, except they could prove that the feast of dedication was lawfully instituted, and that the days of Purim were appointed for a religious festivity, and that upon no such extraordinary warrant as the church hath not ever and always.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

He laughed, rolling his head first on one side, then on the other, until nature seemed exhausted with mirth.
— from The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna by James Fenimore Cooper

After the delay incident to the formation of the brigade, getting up necessary supplies, etc., we were transported by rail, in command of General Hogg, to Corinth, or rather we were dumped off on the side of the railroad some two or three miles west of that town.
— from The Lone Star Defenders: A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade by S. B. (Samuel Benton) Barron