I'll tell you by and by, sir, — Welcome good Macilente, to my house, To sojourn even for ever; if my best in cates, and every sort of good entreaty, May move you stay with me.
— from Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson

My guardian was a stern, grave elderly man; my youth was lonely, my manhood more lonely still.
— from The Tragedy of the Chain Pier Everyday Life Library No. 3 by Charlotte M. Brame

"Good evening, my masters, you can go home without me!" cried he to them, laughing.
— from Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

As she rose from the piano-stool, Mr. Granville exclaimed,— “Miss Muriel, you love music so well that I trust you will add your persuasions to mine, and induce Miss Owen to sing for us, as she declares she is comparatively a tyro in instrumental music, and would not venture to perform in your presence.”
— from Vashti; Or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans