He made a new composition of his own out of two of the engravings, which he had colored from his own feeling of the proper tints; and so perfect did the appearance already appear to his mother, that, although half the canvas yet remained uncovered, she would not suffer him to add another touch to what he had done.
— from Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe

"Can't you at least say 'Miss Clara', you ragged urchin?" said Sebastian harshly.
— from Heidi (Gift Edition) by Johanna Spyri

The summer was nearly at an end—a summer that had brought rehabilitation to the Typometer Company, yet rehabilitation under strict rule, strict economy, endless work.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various

And, respecting the testimony offered by sight and sense, can YOU rely upon such slippery evidence?"
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli

“But you know it is impossible to accept anyone’s unsupported evidence in his own favour, and I really wish that you could produce some one to corroborate your rather unlikely story.
— from Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Lewis Hough

Desiring to escape Charybdis, you run upon Scylla."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various