My school was of little value to me, and the tasks imposed of even less benefit; I always went to work reluctantly and in the wrong spirit, and that lessened and extinguished my power and stupefied me.
— from The Story of a Child by Pierre Loti

[Pg 4] "No, no, indeed, Miss Wilbur," exclaimed Miss Priscilla, as she moved through the living-room of the house into the kitchen, closely followed by Diana.
— from The Key Note: A Novel by Clara Louise Burnham

The average lad of seventeen will endure many privations and suffer many physical penalties just to be free—to be brother for a time to the woods, the blue sky, and the running water!
— from The River Motor Boat Boys on the Amazon; Or, The Secret of Cloud Island by Harry Gordon

There are a good many people who say to themselves, "After all, what really matters is a solid defined position in the world; I must make that for myself, and meanwhile I must not indulge myself in any fancies; it will be time to do that when I have earned my pension and settled my children in life.
— from Joyous Gard by Arthur Christopher Benson

His wife soon entered, and having expressed much pleasure at seeing me after so long, began giving me the peculiar symptoms of the lady's case.
— from Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume I by M. Y. Halidom

During this conversation a young man appeared, whom I remembered to have seen at Annamooka, called Nageete: he expressed much pleasure at seeing me.
— from A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat by William Bligh

Enter Mrs. Peyton and Scudder, M'Closky and Pointdexter, R. M'Closky.
— from The Octoroon; or, Life in Louisiana. A Play in Five acts by Dion Boucicault

To Madam St. Cymon the proposal was singularly opportune, and, hastening to meet the applicant, she expressed much pleasure at seeing Miss Benton again.
— from Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans