She gave the sleeping Jims a kiss—what a dear little warm, rosy, satin face he had—and hurried down the hill to the hall.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

That Madeline Hammond should be alone, at a late hour, in a dingy little Western railroad station, was indeed extraordinary.
— from The Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

Some people say that they took up their abode in a distant land, where Reynard soon began once more to play his old tricks, until the King of that land caught him one day red-handed, and hanged him on the nearest tree without giving him a chance to say a word.
— from Beasts & Men Folk Tales Collected in Flanders and Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère by Jean de Boschère

He was overcome with the magnificence of Miss Elvira's afternoon silk, and gold watch; and dainty little Willy Rose seemed to him like a small prince.
— from Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

[Pg 366] reditary Prince Alfonso Luigi, who subsequently became a cardinal; Donna Anna, who married the Duke of Guise; Donna Lucretia, who became Duchess of Urbino; and Donna Leonora, who remained single.
— from Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius

No sign of life cheered her ride, save now and again a desert lark, which rose suddenly from the grass, clapping its wings loudly, for twenty or thirty feet, uttered an odd, sustained, single note, and sank to earth again.
— from From Veldt Camp Fires by H. A. (Henry Anderson) Bryden

A shadowy serving-maid opened a door, looked wildly round, shuddered, and fled.
— from Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, July 1899 by Various

Idols of gigantic stature, colossal forms, hideous and grotesque images, and shrines emblazoned with offerings, and dimly glittering with a dusky lustre, were rudely scattered on every side.
— from The Missionary: An Indian Tale; vol. II by Lady (Sydney) Morgan