Marilla said nothing; but Mrs. Lynde gave Anne many exasperated digs about it, until fresh gossip reached that worthy lady, through the medium of Moody Spurgeon MacPherson’s mother, that Anne had another “beau” at college, who was rich and handsome and good all in one.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

That of Sweden and Norway is the result of mountain development; that of Denmark appears to be in the main the product of glacial and marine erosion, differing in its non-mountainous origin from all the other peninsulas and islands of the European border.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Dost thou continue still to pay To Gods and men each debt?”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

tired of hearing the oft-repeated question and answer, "Who is that young lady?"—"Oh, the governess at Elm Grove;" and most emphatically determined that she would never stay at the Park again, let who might be offended.
— from Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Maude Alma

She gave a most emphatic denial to the suggestion that the country had benefited by the civilised conditions that had followed the conquest.
— from Harry Escombe: A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Harry Collingwood

But it made little difference; all got a most effectual drenching.
— from The Netherworld of Mendip Explorations in the great caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and elsewhere by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Baker

Even [pg 005] God is no exception to this rule, he is very far from thinking “What does it matter to thee whether I love thee or not?” —He becomes terrible if he is not loved in return “ L'amour —and with this principle one carries one's point against Gods and men— est de tous les sentiments le plus égoiste, et par conséquent, lorsqu'il est blessé, le moins généreux ” (B. Constant).
— from The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I cannot give a more exact description of its figure than by comparing it to that of a pine tree, for it shot up to a great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches; occasioned, I imagine, either by a sudden gust of air that impelled it, the force of which decreased as it advanced upwards, or the cloud itself being pressed back again by its own weight, and expanding in this manner: it appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was more or less impregnated with earth and cinders.
— from The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire by Charles Morris

Senator Hoar gave a most enjoyable dinner to a party of gentlemen invited by him to meet Mr. Justice Gray, after his appointment to the bench of the Supreme Court.
— from Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore

' 'Very close to truth,' said Gwen; 'and my earnest desire is to earn as much money as possible.
— from The Carved Cupboard by Amy Le Feuvre

I cannot give a more exact description of its figure than by comparing it to that of a pine-tree, for it shot up to a great height in the form of a trunk, which extended itself at the top into a sort of branches; 173 occasioned, I suppose, either by a sudden gust of air which impelled it, whose force decreased as it advanced upwards, or else the cloud itself, being pressed back by its own weight, expanded in this manner.
— from Light Science for Leisure Hours A series of familiar essays on scientific subjects, natural phenomena, &c. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor