...Good Samaritans, but not men of war, they returned to where I lay senseless on the ground, congratulating themselves and me that an enemy so well armed should run and not stand his ground... 
Anthony Hope 「Rupert of Hentzau」
...Poor Bombay was hoarse, but Asmani still smiled; and I relented, congratulating myself that the preposterous demand, which was simply robbery, was no worse...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
..." After congratulating her, the writer asked why she had said, that she was not from Washington, but from York...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...Through the congratulating knot of folk theWall Street Farmer elbowed his way to the Mistress...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Lad: A Dog」
...But just as they were congratulating themselves on their escape, camea dull, reverberating explosion—and as they clung to their insecurefootholds, a volcano of snow and ice rose ahead...
Various 「Astounding Stories, July, 1931」
...They were congratulating one another withodd, soft-syllabled words...
Charles Willard Diffin 「Two Thousand Miles Below」
...Vetch, secretly congratulating himself on having by his counsel prevented violence, returns bending under half a bag of flour...
Marcus Clarke 「For the Term of His Natural Life」
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