"News from Eugene," exclaimed Lady Emily and Lord Louis in a breath; "he is going to be married.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

I wuz big enuf ter be doin sum wuk, so dey tuk me in de big house fer ter be er waitin boy round de house, en I slept in dar too on er pallit on de floor, en er lot er times de Calvary sojers wud stop at Marse Tom's en spen de nite, en I wud be layin on de pallit but wudn't be sleep, en I cud hear dem talkin ter Marse Tom, en Marster he wud ax dem how de fite cumin on, en iffen dey whippin de Yankees, en de Calvary sojers dey say dat dey whippin de Yankees ebery day en killin em out, en Marse Tom he sey "Yo is jes er big lie, how cum yo runnin er way iffen yo whippin dem Yankees?
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

The Count gazed up in the King's face, still kneeling; and every head was bent forward, every ear listened eagerly.
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

It seems probable that in cases of this kind the compound bone may in the course of further evolution entirely lose either its cartilaginous element or its membranous element; so that cases occasionally occur where the development of a bone ceases to be an absolutely safe guide to its evolution.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

Soon after his return from enforced exile Lovell Edgeworth had established a school at Edgeworthstown, after a plan proposed by his father, in which boys of all classes and creeds should be educated together.
— from Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern