“If the garden was a secret and we could get into it we could watch the things grow bigger every day, and see how many roses are alive.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"If the garden was a secret and we could get into it we could watch the things grow bigger every day, and see how many roses are alive.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Now that she had seen and felt the limit of his anger, she became aware that she could endure it; the curse was heavy, and perhaps more irksome than heavy, but she survived; she continued to breathe, eat, drink, and sleep; her father's power stopped short of annihilation.
— from Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

So, while Katie bought embroidered dresses, and spent hours over fittings, the others made what Ellen called "pilgrimages."
— from Irma in Italy: A Travel Story by Helen Leah Reed

The beast, ever docile and submissive, has cringed at his feet, fawned to his touch, and licked the hand that snatched away the half-devoured morsel.
— from The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

"In short," added Jerome, "we take no chances whatever, for at the start we know the road will cost a million less than half the amount for which it is capitalized, we have borrowed the public's money to build it, we are certain we can sell stock enough to pay back every dollar, and still hold control of the railroad, and we are in a position to come out ahead whether the railroad proves to be a paying piece of property or not."
— from Frank Merriwell's Pursuit; Or, How to Win by Burt L. Standish

Alfy was very much pleased with a pale blue evening dress, as she had never had one before in all her life.
— from Dorothy's Tour by Evelyn Raymond

When the hatching has begun, each day adds some hundreds of 333 young bees to the population of the hive, which is not long in becoming too small for the number of its inhabitants.
— from The Insect World Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species by Louis Figuier

She was leaning forward, her beryl eyes dilated and staring, her hands clenched, her slender form trembling with excitement.
— from The Room with the Tassels by Carolyn Wells