Then she said that she had been dreaming of my father and of me; also that she did not think that I need fret myself overmuch about Amada, since she was sure that before long I should kiss her on the lips.
— from The Ancient Allan by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

It began long before the time of Moses, and I think that steam navigation will be the death of it; but lest it should kill my reader I will have done with it for the present, and "try back," for I have left my story behind completely.
— from Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by Frederick Edward Maning

Let us remember that by far the greater number of the slaves, both in the city and on the land, were brought from countries bordering on the Mediterranean, where they had been living in some kind of elementary civilisation, in which the germs of further development were present in the form of the natural ties of race and kinship and locality, of tribe or family or village community, and with their own religion, customs, and government.
— from Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler

She told her God didn't like people to do the same on His day as on other days, and it would bring her bad luck if she kept up her incessant riding.
— from The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill

I know he is undemonstrative by nature, but up to this time he really has not been lacking in substantial kindness to Margaret.
— from A Modern Madonna by Caroline Abbot Stanley

And the still, broad lake its secret keeping, Lay hushed and mute for aye; But in its depths in silence sleeping
— from Canadian Melodies and Poems by George E. (George Earle) Merkley

As long as that beloved boy lived, I scrupulously kept up Catholic appearances.
— from The Wandering Jew — Volume 05 by Eugène Sue

It began long before the time of Moses, and I think that steam navigation will be the death of it; but lest it should kill my reader, I will have done with it for the present, and "try back," for I have left my story behind completely.
— from Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Frederick Edward Maning

“She looks as though she would be sorry about my being lame, if she knew.
— from The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House by Hildegard G. Frey