“Oh, I don’t mind ’em, sir,” said Archy; “I knew it all before now.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

He took the key of the chamber in which I had left these papers; and, at my earnest solicitation, sent for my poor aunt, who, not knowing what had become of me, or what was to become of herself, and in momentary expectation of the arrival of the officers of justice, without knowing how to act or what to answer them, was miserable to an extreme.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[2172] by commending some, persuading others to this or that: he made ex stolidis stultissimos, et maxime ridiculos, ex stultis insanos ; soft fellows, stark noddies; and such as were foolish, quite mad before he left them.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In regard to these two men, English society seemed demented.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

She was too completely overpowered to be immediately able to reply: and two moments of silence being ample encouragement for Mr. Elton's sanguine state of mind, he tried to take her hand again, as he joyously exclaimed— “Charming Miss Woodhouse!
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Bezzi, M. Etudes systématiques sur les Muscides hématophages du genre Lyperosia, Archiv.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

But I do fear mine errand; Some secret terror burdens mine intent, And heavily droops the wing of my firm purpose.
— from The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

[Mr. Ernest Shipton , Secretary of the Cyclists' Touring Club, protests against the term "bike" as being unmitigated slang.] Bike, bike, bike, By your leave, oh C. T. C. Quite too long for my tongue to utter Is "bicycle"— bike for me!
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 26, 1895 by Various

The rose-bushes under the window hung dripping under their load of moisture, each spray shedding a constant shower on the spray below it.
— from Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine by Various

"There, I know'd I'd mislaid 'em," she said, in a tone of disappointment.
— from Rough and Ready; Or, Life Among the New York Newsboys by Alger, Horatio, Jr.