[Footnote 1: Our greatest pleasure consists in being admired; but those who admire us, even if they have every reason to do so, are slow to express their sentiments.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

“What on earth is that, Harry?” ejaculated Roger, looking at his friend, on whose forehead the cold perspiration was now standing in beads.
— from Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Harry Collingwood

“Well, Mrs. Sandford,” he resumed, when he had courteously greeted each in turn, his eye resting for a moment, with evident admiration upon the rosy, fresh-faced Scotch lassie,—“I hope you are prepared in the goodness of your heart, to extend a little toleration to a reprobate Republican like me.
— from Down the River to the Sea by Agnes Maule Machar

"There's not an expert in the house, either," Rick concluded.
— from The Caves of Fear: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

"Come in, you naughty little chatterbox, and do not keep Esther in the hall," exclaimed Ruth, from the curtained doorway; and the next minute I had my arms round her.
— from Esther : a book for girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey

To those who cannot reconcile Admiral Hope's and Mr. Parkes's communications with the Ti-pings, with the explicit instructions they had each received, and can neither approve of their idea of "strict neutrality," it must appear that the Admiral's communication at Nankin was simply a very unsailor-like trap to catch the Ti-pings.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley