But as Roland seemed in no hurry to avail himself of her condescension, she carried it a step farther, and herself opened the conversation.
— from The Abbot by Walter Scott

And, after all, Rupert Stillwell is no Hun.”
— from To Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of Today by Ralph Connor

Much perplexed and rather shaken in nerve, he rowed back across the pond—to hear the band tuning in the flower-filled drawing-room, as he approached the house.
— from Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

'No, you are right, she is not happy,' I returned quietly; 'she gives me the impression that she has known some great trouble.'
— from Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey

So long as a railway station is near him, the "Boycottee," if he have only two or three servants to stand firm, can practically bring the Boycotters to their wits' end.
— from Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Bernard Henry Becker

Sickan sublime and ridiculous sophistry I never heard come out of another mouth but ane.
— from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

“What I feel as regards Stella is neither here nor there.
— from Stella Maris by William John Locke