I have heard that some of our schools are cultures of unrepublican feeling, and that the meaner little souls in them make their account of what families it will be well to know after they leave school and restrict their school friendships accordingly, but I am not certain this is true.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

As the wherry began to move off at last, and Frog Cottage was doubled again, Martha, who had been laid snugly inside the cart surrounded by her live stock, with blankets from the bed thrown over her, threw them off, stretched her arms to her receding farm and burst into a new passion of tears.
— from Jinny the Carrier by Israel Zangwill

As I have said, the men are all stripped for action, but I also notice that the appearance of nakedness is completely taken away by the tattooing, the colour of the skin, and the arms and equipments.
— from Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by Frederick Edward Maning

"Can such goin's-on go on in our midst, ma'am, and nothing about in the shape o' fire and brimstone?" "I am not retailing gossip, Mr Latter.
— from Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Seeing a very large monstrous-looking buffalo flying away by itself at no great distance, he turned his horse towards it, grasped his gun, shook the reins, and gave chase.
— from Away in the Wilderness by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Gentleman, I am a wandering dealer from Affghanistan, but I am not destitute of good feeling and integrity, little as you may credit my assertions in this respect.
— from Wanderings in India, and Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan by John Lang

Of course, the neutrality laws would have prohibited the construction of a wireless station for a belligerent in a neutral country like Turkey; it was therefore officially announced that a German company was building this heaven-pointing structure for the Turkish Government and on the Sultan’s own property.
— from Secrets of the Bosphorus by Henry Morgenthau

I will go farther and say that I recognize the right of franchise as being intrinsically a natural right.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper