sense is commonly 'not felt except in an extremely evanescent and obscure way' (Bello), but may be recognized as suggesting spontaneity or vigor (id.) .
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The bell rang again so soon that I made a mere scramble of my dressing, instead of the careful operation I could have wished under the circumstances, and went downstairs.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The case was as follows:—Three royal heroes made oath to three cities which were under a kingly government, and the cities to the kings, that both rulers and subjects should govern and be governed according to the laws which were common to all of them: the rulers promised that as time and the race went forward they would not make their rule more arbitrary; and the subjects said that, if the rulers observed these conditions, they would never subvert or permit others to subvert those kingdoms; the kings were to assist kings and peoples when injured, and the peoples were to assist peoples and kings in like manner.
— from Laws by Plato

The bargain being thus struck, the lad turned aside into the Bristol road, and Sophia set forward in pursuit of Jones, highly contrary to the remonstrances of Mrs Honour, who had much more desire to see London than to see Mr Jones: for indeed she was not his friend with her mistress, as he had been guilty of some neglect in certain pecuniary civilities, which are by custom due to the waiting-gentlewoman in all love affairs, and more especially in those of a clandestine kind.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Besides the three cases named above, other forms occur, some of which are undoubtedly old case endings, though they can no longer be recognized as such: see 710 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The landlord, fearing lest the account should be refused altogether, swore solemnly that the young gent had consumed personally every farthing's worth of the liquor: and Bowls paid the bill finally, and showed it on his return home to Mrs. Firkin, who was shocked at the frightful prodigality of gin; and took the bill to Miss Briggs as accountant-general; who thought it her duty to mention the circumstance to her principal, Miss Crawley.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

The other, by these pleadings shaken, Almost had his whim forsaken; But still, by restless ardour swayed, Soon, in soothing tones, he said— "Weep not, brother, I'll not stay
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Moral truth Is no mechanic structure, built by rule; And which, once built, retains a stedfast shape 565 And undisturbed proportions; but a thing Subject, you deem, to vital accidents; And, like the water-lily, lives and thrives, Whose root is fixed in stable earth, whose head Floats on the tossing waves.
— from The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8) by William Wordsworth

“Why don't you put him in the back room, Auntie,” she said.
— from Thankful's Inheritance by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Either shown would be resented, and soon silenced; though, perhaps, not till after some noises of still louder nature—the excited, angry clamour of a quarrel, succeeded by the cracking of pistols; then a man borne off wounded, in all likelihood to die, or already dead, and stretched along the sanded floor, to be taken unconcernedly up, and carried feet-foremost out of the room.
— from The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid

Our course for the first mile or two was embarrassed by ravines and scrub similar to that we had yesterday met with; our progress was therefore very slow, but we at length emerged on elevated sandy downs, thickly clothed with banksia trees, and across these we came upon a well-beaten native path running to the south by east, which was exactly our line of route.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George, Sir

“And now that you have come back, all will be right again,” she said.
— from Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) by Evelyn Everett-Green

But it has always been rather a sore subject.
— from Flora Lyndsay; or, Passages in an Eventful Life, Vol. I. by Susanna Moodie

Now that there was a prospect of something definite being accomplished, Hilda’s bravery redoubled, and she supported the old lady with her courage.
— from The Broken Thread by William Le Queux

Babylon reigned, and so shall Jerusalem at that day.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

Therefore be resigned, and seek some means of passing the time.
— from Garrick's Pupil by Augustin Filon