And, if she were not, you cannot conceive what treatment she would be obliged to submit to from her relatives.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

"I am connected with Wattles' New York Comedy Company."
— from Ahead of the Show; Or, The Adventures of Al Allston, Advance Agent by Fred Thorpe

The Army of Northern Virginia, 78,500 strong, although, in order to induce the Federals to attack, it was not yet closely concentrated, was ready to oppose in full force the passage of the Rappahannock, and all thought of retiring to the North Anna had been abandoned.
— from Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by G. F. R. (George Francis Robert) Henderson

poor dear girl! playacting for her living, roving from place to place, with nothing you could call a home; laughing and greeting and posturing before lights for the diversion of the world—” “We might do worse than give the world diversion,” said Ailie soberly.
— from The Daft Days by Neil Munro

The German advance, however, was not yet completely checked.
— from History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Richard Joseph Beamish

The manager and proprietor of Wattles' New York Comedy Company was very, very "mad."
— from Ahead of the Show; Or, The Adventures of Al Allston, Advance Agent by Fred Thorpe

This might also in time be facilitated by canals or shorter cuts; and a communication opened by water with New York, Canada, &c. by way of the lakes.
— from Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 by Jonathan Carver

All central Italy was still in ferment and partly in open insurrection; the fortresses were still only in course of construction; the way between Etruria and Samnium was not yet completely closed.
— from The History of Rome, Book II From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy by Theodor Mommsen

The fall air was cool and crisp, but it was not yet considered cold enough to justify the extra risk of holding a fight in-doors.
— from Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Conflict of opinion in this case resulted in similarity of action, inasmuch as the two unregenerates, conscious that their hour was not yet come, conducted themselves with the immaculate propriety nowhere so apparent as in those Australian labourers who are confessedly saving themselves up for a ‘burst.’
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

play-acting for her living, roving from place to place, with nothing you could call a home; laughing and greeting and posturing before lights for the diversion of the world—” “We might do worse than give the world diversion,” said Ailie, soberly.
— from Bud: A Novel by Neil Munro