All of the colonies have a southern exposure except one—Queensland.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Lessing's criticisms had a salutary, emancipating effect upon prevalent taste; but a more positive influence came into play through Herder's warm predilection for the popular songs, which had been so long neglected, and for all that rises, as in the Psalms, Homer, Shakespeare, Ossian, from primitive sources of feeling, and finds spontaneous expression in poetry.
— from The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

Henry, in his turn, gazed on the hapless girl with a prolonged and agonized look: the big round tears coursed down his sunken cheeks—blessed tears!—as he turned towards Mrs Drelincourt, and with clasped hands and streaming eye ejaculated, 'Can you forgive me?'
— from Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 306 New Series, Saturday, November 10, 1849 by Various

The choir has a square east end like an English church, and with a magnificent 2nd pointed or geometrical E. window full of glass of the same period, badly restored.
— from Brittany by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The time for holding this auction had been fixed with a view to the enemy's ordinary practice of Pg 158 closing hostilities about sunset each evening, but he does not allow this to become a hard and fast rule, nor does he recognise "close time" that may not be broken in upon at will, if sufficient temptation to shoot presents itself.
— from Four Months Besieged: The Story of Ladysmith by Henry H. S. Pearse

Madame keeps a list of every article her customers have, and supplies everything, even down to under linen and hosiery, so she has made for mamma a plan of exactly what she would need for next season, and after having received her permission, will at once begin to carry it out.
— from People of the Whirlpool From The Experience Book of a Commuter's Wife by Mabel Osgood Wright

The room was very dark, and Andy pushed back a blind, letting in such a flood of light that the sleeper started, and moaned, and turned herself upon the pillow, while with a gasping, sobbing cry, Andy fell upon his knees, and with clasped hands and streaming eyes, exclaimed: "I thank Thee, Father of mercies, more than I can tell, for it is Ethie--it is Ethie--it is Ethie, our own darling Ethie, come back to us again; and now, dear Lord, bring old Dick home at once, and let us have a time of it."
— from Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes

He visited her frequently, vowed a complete change, promised to bring his business to the point where he would be able to come home at six, etc., etc.
— from The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson