Prof. D. Forbes.) of Edinburgh, with whom I corresponded on my laminated volcanic rocks, to call his early attention to your paper.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

"Of course we must remember that for many months of the year the Crow eats grasshoppers, grubs, and even mice; but it is easy to forget this when one discovers that half a dozen Crows have eaten all the young Robins in the orchard, in a single morning.
— from Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Elliott Coues

Go, inform the Doge that the Carmelite he expects, and the youthful maiden, in whom his princely bosom feels so parental an interest, await his pleasure."
— from The Bravo: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

"Tell the Empress that I will reply to her by courier, but that she is to continue her efforts, and that you both have my full and complete support.
— from The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by William Le Queux

This sentence in it caught her eye: "As two years is the legal period in this State in actions on the ground of abandonment, you will observe that the date of Mr. Vaughan's letter enables you shortly to begin suit."
— from The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips

Schiller considered her, ever after these youthful sports, as a true and faithful companion in his poetic dreams and attempts; and constantly not only told his Sister, whose silence on such points could be perfect, of all that he secretly did in the way of verse-making in the Karl's School,—which, as we shall see, he entered in 1773,—but if possible brought it upon the scene with her.
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle