No labor fatigued, no disappointment discouraged, no danger alarmed, no emergency surprised him.
— from Indian Biography; Vol. 2 (of 2) Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters by B. B. (Benjamin Bussey) Thatcher

Mr. Froude then gives us a portrait of the young Scottish queen, in which he says, "In the deeper and nobler emotions she had neither share nor sympathy;" and herein, Mr. Froude explains, "lay the difference between the Queen of Scots and Elizabeth.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

The young seaman never talked of either; his neighbors first learned of the presentation by conning their favorite weekly newspapers; nevertheless the papers were framed and hung in the young captain’s bedchamber, and, however carelessly he dressed afterward, nobody ever saw him when he had not the watch in his pocket.
— from Country Luck by John Habberton

He was carefully writing down and numbering each signal he sent or received in order to enter them in a big book he had started to keep.
— from The Spider Web: The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight by T. D. Hallam

v. When once the short-liv'd mortal dies, A night eternal seals his eyes.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

Mr. Dears contrary to my expectations is not yet arrived, 9 days are now elapsed since he
— from The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 by Various