With the security of an honest man and the serenity of a Christian he planned his colossal thefts and reaped their benefits; and whenever he was accused, he could have explained everything, could have got his accuser's sympathy and admiration.
— from The Deluge by David Graham Phillips

With a silent prayer for help to control her emotion, Elsie cleared her voice, and began in low, sweet tones the old, old story of Jesus and His love, His birth, His life, His death.
— from Elsie's Womanhood by Martha Finley

At last necessity, the coldest he ever experienced, conquered his vanity.
— from The Comic Almanack, Volume 2 (of 2) An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett

In fact, the pride and vainglory which led Cæsar to make his triumphs more splendid and imposing than any former conqueror had ever enjoyed, caused him to overact his part so as to produce effects the reverse of his intentions.
— from History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott

In fact, the pride and vainglory which led Caesar to make his triumphs more splendid and imposing than any former conqueror had ever enjoyed, caused him to overact his part so as to produce effects the reverse of his intentions.
— from Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

"Why don't I?" he began, then catching her earnest expression, checked himself.
— from All Aboard: A Story for Girls by Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry