They are stormy little cherubs, and seem in haste to bring in sight the recompense of so much suffering.
— from From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

Not to notice the mediæval period in this evolution would be impossible; since the revival of Sculpture and Painting at the end of the thirteenth century was among the earliest signs of that new intellectual birth to which we give the title of Renaissance.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds

Brownie , a good-natured household elf, believed in Scotland to render obliging services to good housewives, and his presence an evidence that the internal economies were approved of, as he favoured good husbandry, and was partial to houses where it was observed.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

But it seems the reverse of strange that a genius like George Eliot’s should have been powerfully attracted by this problem; and that, in one of her noblest works, she should have very prominently addressed herself to at least a partial solution of it.
— from The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by John Crombie Brown

There are even philosophers, men of science, and literati who believe in spiritualists that rise on sofas and float about in the air, who project themselves suddenly out of one window and enter by another, and do many other remarkable things.
— from The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles

But, I suppose the reason of such barbarity on their part, is, they have had, or which is the same thing, have THOUGHT they had greater provocations.
— from The Life of General Francis Marion by M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems

“I don’t know what you’ve got,” said Priscilla, “but I saw the rim of some sort of a wooden tub sticking out of the gravel in the fore part of the boat.”
— from Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham

In passing, we get a glimpse of the castle and palace of Linlithgow; in the twefth century one of the most important burghs in Scotland, the residence of several of the kings of Scotland, and the birth-place of Queen Mary.
— from The Genius of Scotland; or, Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

The roar of the flying train is in his ears, but it seems the roar of some mighty sea that is about to overwhelm him.
— from The Mystery of Evelin Delorme: A Hypnotic Story by Albert Bigelow Paine