Amid ringing cheers he entered the magnificent hall wherein the luxurious Istar had held sway, and, greeting him at the steps of the throne, I motioned to him to ascend to the royal seat of prismatic crystal.
— from The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return by William Le Queux

Working the large roots in veneer has not been undertaken, but good judges of veneers, who know what the stumps and roots contain, have expressed the opinion that a field is there awaiting development.
— from American Forest Trees by Henry H. Gibson

Happy Jack slipped out and went home feeling like a reprieved criminal; he even tried to argue himself into the belief that Weary was only loading him and didn't mean a word he said.
— from The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by B. M. Bower

No happy school-children, let loose at recess, could have embraced their freedom with more obvious delight.
— from The Nature Faker by Richard Harding Davis

Swiftly, as reason came, his eyes took in his environment.
— from The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country by James Oliver Curwood

Exhausted by the emotions of the day she slept throughout the night, which Lady Brent spent sitting upright in a railway carriage, her endless thoughts running to the steady beat of the train.
— from Sir Harry: A Love Story by Archibald Marshall

Well, observation and research conjointly, have erased this article of faith from the scientific code.
— from Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History. by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

As Raff closed his eyes, the dame hastened to revive her
— from Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

The licentiate put on his new clothes, and now, finding himself rid of his lunatic attire, and habited like a rational creature, he entreated the chaplain, for charity's sake, to permit him to take leave of his late companions in affliction.
— from Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra