She looked neat and cool and self-possessed, and Bobby did not have any of those qualities at that moment.
— from Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School by Mabel C. Hawley

No heroics for her; no fainting fits at being disowned; no hysterics at being turned out of house and home; no prayers for mercy, but a quick retort for every gibe from her father; and her defiant attitude enraged the Deacon the more.
— from The Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Leonard and Beatrice di Negra have already made friends.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV by Various

He was not the man who had at first served him, and who, as Beric doubted not, had acted as a spy upon him.
— from Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

He was a man of some ability, but did not have a reputation for high character in the old Army; and now with elevated rank and command thrust upon him, he turned into abuse of his enemy, explained how he meant to whip him, and filled the air with bombast and threatening.
— from Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer by G. Moxley (Gilbert Moxley) Sorrel

Wilson was neglected; and, by degrees, neglected his art to apply himself to brandy.
— from Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt

'All bullets do not hit, and even the worst that could happen would not be to me so severe an affliction as this mad connection.
— from Tales from the German. Volume I. by C. F. van der (Carl Franz) Velde