Gentle love Ed: Starres ... showne, Gentle love 1633-69: Stars are not by the sunne enlarg'd; but showne Greater; Loves deeds P .
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

When they had grilled long enough, she says: “
— from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

"I do not think you were generous last evening," she said.
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

"It is growing late, Edith," she said gently, "and you must be tired after your journey.
— from A Terrible Secret: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

Then Cosin, no longer able to look grave, laughingly exclaimed, “Signed, sealed, and delivered.”
— from The French Prisoners of Norman Cross: A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.

The globular Lecanora esculenta sometimes suddenly covers large tracts in Armenia, Persia, and Tartary, where the plants are eaten by the cattle and by the nomade tribes.
— from On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2) by Mary Somerville

Though the burning tents still gave light enough, she saw no upright figure near, either of friend or foe.
— from A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn