“Well, if Dodo is really extinct,” said Molly, “we’ll just take a little walk back through the fields.
— from Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed

I do not recollect ever seeing his name mentioned, as being employed in any cause; neither do I remember ever seeing him with a brief while I was in the Court.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt

While he lay on the ground, they put him in heavy irons, and took him away, nor do I recollect ever seeing him afterwards.
— from The captivity, sufferings, and escape of James Scurry Who was detained a prisoner during ten years, in the dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippoo Saib by James Scurry

"The day is right enough," said Westaway.
— from The Mystery of the Downs by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

Nor was it many years until the family fortune of approximately one million dollars in real estate, securities and mortgages was left him to administer for himself and the two sisters.
— from Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Robert S. (Robert Sproul) Carroll

The delicate folds of her upper tunic fell closely around her to her knees, and were gathered at the waist by a magnificent belt of wrought gold and pearls; the long sleeves, drawn in at the wrist by clasps of pearls, almost covered her slender hands; and as she walked her delicate feet moved daintily in rich embroidered sandals with high golden heels, below the folds of the wide trousers of white and gold embroidery, gathered in at the ankle.
— from Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Slice these thin, and place on the dough in rows, each slice held in place by pressing it down into the dough a little.
— from Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps by Girl Scouts of the United States of America

Ah, her heart can understand it, Though her tongue can ne'er explain: Let yon granite Sphinx demand it— Riddle, ever solved in vain.
— from Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore