To Penelope’s great regret, he had been most graciously received, and had added Miss Rachel’s name to one of his Ladies’ Charities on the spot.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

What degree of expense shall be incurred in the support of missionary families, so as to secure the greatest possible efficiency with a given amount of money; how to dispose of the children of missionaries, in a manner most grateful to their parents, and most creditable to the cause; in what proportion to spend money and time upon the education of the heathen, as a distinct thing from preaching the Gospel; how far the press should be employed; by what means the attention of the heathen can be best gained at the beginning; how their wayward practices and habits can be best restrained and corrected; how the intercourse between missionaries and the Christian world can be conducted in the best manner, so as to secure the highest responsibility, and the most entire confidence; and how the suitable proportion between ministers of the Gospel retained at home, and missionaries sent abroad, is to be fixed in practice, as well as in principle: all these things present questions yet to be solved.
— from Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble

“Yes, exactly,” said the secretary, thoughtfully; “and when the troubles are over, and the king has chastised all these insolent people who have risen against him, and, lastly, when I meet Sir Granby Royland, and he asks me why I deserted his wife and son in their emergency, what can I say?”
— from The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War by George Manville Fenn

During this visit, Henry treated her with the greatest respect, addressing her as mother; before his departure, he made her regent of Italy.
— from Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) by John R. (John Robert) Effinger

Or if I saw a man puffed up by the possession of seven or eight gold rings and half as many gold cups, again my lungs would begin to crow; why, Pangaeus with all its mines was about the size of a grain of millet.
— from The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by of Samosata Lucian

“We’d have gone right along having as much fun as if we were in our right minds!”
— from The Flying Machine Boys in the Wilds; Or, The Mystery of the Andes by Frank Walton

" Scotty hesitated; he wanted to go on to the stable, and there give Rory and Hamish a more detailed account of his glorious battle of the morning.
— from The Silver Maple by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

But I am within the government reservation, and here are my cattle, and I have, as you say, fifteen minutes to spare."
— from Ted Strong in Montana Or, With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor

The girl made no answer to this remark, and the lieutenant, after gazing resentfully at her a moment, took himself off.
— from The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol Or, Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

It was half-past six when Malcolm reached the well-known station, and taking a fly bade the man drive him to the "King's Arms," an old-fashioned inn of good repute about half a mile distant from the Wood House.
— from Herb of Grace by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Greenstone reappears about half a mile east of the Lizard Point, and continues for some distance, with the occasional interruption of Serpentine, which dips towards the sea.
— from A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End Comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of West Cornwall by John Ayrton Paris