The doctor was a heavier man than John, and not so good a rider; however, I did my very best.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

I remember a long, dim-lit passage, a narrow stair, and we found ourselves in a broad and spacious hall where shaded lamps burned and nude statues gleamed against rich hangings.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

Get a new silk gown, and return Mrs. Atherton's call at once, and take a card and turn down one corner or the other, I don't know which, but this girl of hers can tell you.
— from Tracy Park: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

The birds chirped and called at intervals; all Nature seemed glad and responsive to the joyous season of the southern spring.
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

In the churches of both, as in the earlier Romanesque buildings already noticed, Saracenic, Greek, and Roman influences are alike noticeable, especially in those of Naples and the Cathedrals of Palermo, Monreale, and Messina, the three last named combining the pointed arch distinctive of Gothic, with the elaborate surface decoration so characteristic of the Norman style.
— from Architecture by N. D'Anvers

Even love that I built my spirit's house for, Comes like a brooding and a baffled guest, And music and men's praise and even laughter Are not so good as rest.
— from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale

Scripture, Holy, depository of, God's Word, 77 ; no line of, written by Christ, 80 ; does not contain all truth, 89 ; alone, not sufficient guide and rule of faith, 89 ; perpetuated by the Church, 91 , et seq.; St. Jerome translates, 91 . Sects—conflicting in North Carolina, 9 ; Protestant do not possess unity, 9 .
— from The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons