First you bolt away from my tears, then you send an impertinent message, and then when you come at last you pretend to behave respectfully, though you don’t know how to do it.
— from The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad

you, we mout take yer down ter the railroad cars, an' let yer promise to leave the mountings and keep yer face shet."
— from The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

His head was close shaven, and he carried a large yellow parasol through which the sunlight poured, and made his polished skull shine like gold.
— from Jack Haydon's Quest by John Finnemore

When you have evidence of the truth of what I say, you may choose any language you please to define the action of your son.
— from Saracinesca by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

“That is a great honor, truly,” she said brightly through her tears—“to be like your canyon and like your Pilot, too.”
— from The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills by Ralph Connor