You must bring Mrs. Dawe up some evening soon, and we'll have one of those informal chafing-dish suppers that we used to enjoy so much.
— from Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry

The Epistle to her on calumny, written to console her for the abuse and ridicule which her abstractions and indiscretions had provoked, begins with these beautiful lines— Ecoutez-moi, respectable Emilie: Vous êtes belle; ainsi donc la moitié [Pg 330] Du genre humain sera votre ennemie: Vous possédez un sublime génie; On vous craindra; votre tendre amitié Est confiante; et vous serez trahie: Votre vertu dans sa démarche unie, Simple et sans fard, n'a point sacrifié A nos dévots; craignez la calomnie.
— from The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

The poem is so brief that it may be quoted in full:— Crimine quo merui iuvenis, placidissime divom, Quove errore miser, donis ut solus egerem, Somne, tuis?
— from Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail

"Oh, my dear uncle!" said Eda, starting forward with a look of pain, "how can you speak such unkind words?"
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The human race has no guarantee of the success of any experiment, and recent experiences with the war, and with the present post-war plight of Europe suggest that the capitalist experiment will fail disastrously unless some extraordinarily successful efforts are made to put things to rights.
— from The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation by Scott Nearing

In Hesse, Germany, there is a children's song (326. I. 9):— Bimbam, Glöckchen, Da unten steht ein Stöckchen, Da oben steht ein golden Haus,
— from The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander Francis Chamberlain