But he seemed to see, or imagined he saw, a flitting shadow—whether darker or lighter than its surroundings he could not have told—fade into the obscurity around it.
— from Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir

A grandmaster of music, a magician who leads the soul from the depths of life to its sunary heights.
— from Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 by Various

The young rascal has more firmness of purpose than I gave him credit for, " he wrote in a cynical vein, " and took less eagerly to the dissipations of London than I should have expected.
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume