I cannot bear to have you sacrifice yourself to one who would not even control a vitiated appetite for your sake.
— from Little Wolf: A Tale of the Western Frontier by Mary Ann Mann Cornelius

A really good diplomatic appointment in a large and important city would have enabled Mr. Hamilton to collect some of his scattered sons and daughters and provide them with the background for which his wife had yearned without ceasing (and very audibly) for years.
— from Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin