“They’ll be all right,” Kennon said.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

“I would like to be a rich king,” said he.
— from It Might Have Been: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Emily Sarah Holt

It was almost dark, when he saw the bowab, after repeated knocking, sleepily and grudgingly open the gates to admit a visitor.
— from The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Gilbert Parker

Burns, as has been already remarked, kept sacred his love for this generous-hearted maiden, hidden away in his own heart, and the whole story is a beautiful mystery.
— from Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun

"Chess ain't nothing but a regular kid," she said.
— from Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris