She was a woman, who, as a rule, utterly disregarded dress.
— from A Girl in Ten Thousand by L. T. Meade

Nous avons reçu un délai de 48 heures pour accepter le tout, faute de quoi la Légation d'Autriche-Hongrie quittera Belgrade.
— from Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History

I don't believe there's any real, underneath difference, do you?
— from Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

Vile some mens sing der power divine, Mein soldiers sing der "Wacht am Rhein," Und drink der healt in Rhenish wein
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

See also R. Wulker, ``Uber die Sprache der Ancren Riwle und die der Homilie: Halli Meidenhad,'' in Beitrage zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (Halle, 1874, i. 209), giving an analysis of the differences in dialect between the two works; and Edgar Elliott Bramlette, ``The Original Language of the Ancren Riwle,'' in Anglia, xv.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

he said fervently, and, reaching up, drew down her face to his and kissed her.
— from The Free Range by Francis William Sullivan

All that he had here was in a cupboard with a rubbishy unlocked deal door, standing in John’s bedroom; a fact which speaks volumes for the trusting simplicity and total inability to read a man’s character from his appearance, caused by a millennium of marrying your cousin once removed.
— from Three in Norway, by Two of Them by Walter J. Clutterbuck

[Pg 13] reorganized and made a real, useful department, doing solid work, and open to talent of whatever caste; or it will be abolished altogether.
— from Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy

"Vous pouvez avecque raison, Usant des droits de la victoire, Mettre vos galants en prison; Mais qu'elle ne soit pas si noire.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various