"Where is my poor little Elsie?"
— from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

It was in my purse last evening when I went out for a ride.
— from The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter

The original establishment of this building, although a little faulty, possesses considerable interest from its errors being corrected by the third Duke of Richmond, a man who is acknowledged to have been one of the most popular public characters of the day, and who in more private life extended his patronage to all that was truly honourable.
— from The Dog by William Youatt

There is always a certain element of doubt in these matters; and while I might perhaps luckily escape service after a day or two, on the other hand, I might be kept at the Old Bailey for more than a week.
— from With Zola in England: A Story of Exile by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly