The writing of unnecessary, stupid and rather annoying letters seems to be an obsession with you.
— from Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916 by Various

G.W.R. He cannot attach them till the ink gets dry; and, while waiting for it to do so, his thoughts undergo still another revulsion, again leading him to reflect whether he may not be in the wrong, and acting inconsiderately—rashly.
— from Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

It uses shorthand as readily as longhand.
— from The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. by Archibald Williams

Such was the phenomenon the two men were now contemplating—a whole hillside shifting from its place and moving downward like a great slow, ever-broadening stream, engulfing rocks, trees, and human dwellings, bearing fragments of these in its course, urging stones and rocks along like a river in full flood, now halting and pausing to destroy obstacles, again rolling relentlessly on.
— from Lady Kilpatrick by Robert Williams Buchanan

He cannot attach them till the ink gets dry; and, while waiting for it to do so, his thoughts undergo still another revulsion; again leading him to reflect whether he may not be in the wrong, and acting inconsiderately—rashly.
— from Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

At one end, a thick slab of red sandstone, of uncouth shape and rude appearance, leans aslant, partly buried in the mellow soil.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Perhaps, out of compassion, I should have done that ... let her relax in a lounge chair and look out at the cool, untroubled stars, and regain a little more of her composure.
— from Mars is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long

He claims that he has made his rivals give up scoffing at rags and lice, and that he does not indulge in what I have termed optical humour.
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange