The story-teller who willfully tempts fate by such obvious beginnings, who is to the expectant reader in danger of being robbed or half-murdered, or frightened by an escaped lunatic, or introduced to his lady-love for the first time, deserves to be detected.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Dolly inquired what races; and was informed that the Epsom races were just beginning.
— from The End of a Coil by Susan Warner

To make our suppositions quite plain, we will imagine that the Edinburgh Review existed at the time of Shakspeare ; that the disgust which is expressed for the tribunes, or the opposition, and the ministerial contempt of the people, shown forth in 'Coriolanus,' were disagreeable to the Whig party of that day; that Shakspeare's high Tory principles; the admiration which he appears to have felt for kings and princes, and the favor in which he may be fairly supposed to have stood at court; were unpalatable to the Liberals of the day.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 3, September 1843 by Various

We may imagine what success Helena had that evening in gleaning information from Mr. Earnscliffe about the state of his heart; and the next morning the Adair party were in the train en route for Paris before the Caulfields had finished their rather late breakfast.
— from Flora Adair; or, Love Works Wonders. Vol. 2 (of 2) by A. M. Donelan

Of course she was invited to the examination room by the female inspector, where the peripatetic ladies’ furnishing store was opened up and duty demanded on the whole outfit.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, January 1885, No. 4 by Chautauqua Institution

that the American Collectors turn over to it than it got formerly when it took the entire revenue.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

On re-perusal, these letters appear to contain views of English life and impressions of English notabilities which, as the views and impressions of an Englishman on his return to his native country after an absence of twenty years, may not be without interest to the English reader.
— from Macmillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869 by Macmillan & Co.

I went immediately to the emergency room area of the Parkland Hospital, and upon gaining admission to the emergency room, I encountered the hospital superintendent.
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission