The lighting was perfect; the old books gave forth a welcoming fragrance and, to-night, a generous cannel coal fire puffed in rich, glowing bursts of heat and colour upon the hearth.
— from At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock

Honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, justice, equity, fairness, principle, incorruptibility, righteousness, goodness, virtue, honor, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, dignity of character.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

Young Thorwaldsen now made the acquaintance of the Danish ambassador to Naples, who introduced him to the family of Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, where the most famous people in Rome gathered.
— from Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

In the first place, it requires good behavior from three people at the same time, and that is a good deal to expect.
— from The Book of Business Etiquette by Nella Braddy Henney

And the funeral procession is really grand, although all dresses worn therein are of unbleached linen.
— from Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Péter Vay

"A rare source of delight for all who can find pleasure in really good works of prose fiction....
— from Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 6 An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. by Louisa May Alcott

The following passage in Rosamund Gray, which Lamb was writing at this time, is curiously like these poems in tone.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Charles Lamb

Although such an assertion will most likely make many of our readers cry "Fie!" upon us, we will nevertheless maintain that a young girl's first passion is rarely genuine love.
— from Stoneheart: A Romance by Gustave Aimard