She at once abandoned her occupation upon seeing Edna, who had been ushered without ceremony into her presence.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

Thence with Sir H. Cholmly to find out Creed from one lodging to another, which he hath changed so often that there is no finding him, but at last do come to his lodging that he is entering into this day, and do find his goods unlading at the door, by Scotland Yard, and there I set down Sir H. Cholmly, and I away to the ‘Change, where spoke about several things, and then going home did meet Mr. Andrews our neighbour, and did speak with him to enquire about the ground behind our house, of which I have a mind to buy enough to make a stable and coach-house; for I do see that my condition do require it, as well as that it is more charge to my purse to live as I do than to keep one, and therefore I am resolved before winter to have one, unless some extraordinary thing happens to hinder me.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Generally speaking men thus punished are killed on the spot; but if by any chance, after running the gauntlet, they manage to escape from the camp, they have no hope of ultimately surviving even so.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

14 14 Bakalatatava, I might heel over, bakalatatava I might heel over … … (repeated several times) ula sibu my keel bakalatatava I might heel over; ulo koumwali my canoe gunwale bakalatatava I might heel over uli sirota, etc.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The English courts have occasionally used similar expressions.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

At two or three years of age, twelve to fourteen hours of sleep is required; while at four to five years, eleven to twelve hours are needed; when they attain the age of thirteen years they should still have ten hours of unbroken sleep each night.
— from The Mother and Her Child by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler

69.—Hair of Unravelled Silk: Enlargement of Portion of Embroidery reproduced in Fig.
— from Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries Second Edition by Marcus B. (Marcus Bourne) Huish

39 Thus, neither time nor vigour would be lost in vain hopes or useless speculations; every application of them was devoted to civil existence: this was the object of the state, which reserved to itself the allotment of rewards and punishments, not only here but hereafter.
— from The History of the Assassins, Derived from Oriental Sources by Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von

A course of reading will satisfy one that the best writers and speakers in England are not in the habit of using such expressions as It is me , and that these are almost, if not quite unknown in American literature.
— from Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg