Born in the neighborhood, of a very ancient family, she had never been away from this province of France, and her manners, her hospitality, and her exquisite courtesy had a local stamp, every detail of which pleased me greatly.
— from The Story of a Child by Pierre Loti

Napoleon compelled Spain by the threat of invasion to pay him a large subsidy: England declared this payment, and accompanying acts, to be acts of war; Spain shuffled uneasily between the two belligerents but continued to supply funds to Napoleon and to shelter and repair his warships; thereupon England resolved to cut off her American subsidies, but sent a force too small to preclude the possibility of a sea-fight; the fight took place, with a lamentable result, which changed the covert hostility of Spain into active hostility.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

When you hear men talk about how fine war is, and how they hope this country will have one some time soon, you can make up your mind that they are boasters and bullies, and that if a war really came they'd stay home and let someone else do the [209] fighting.
— from A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods by Jane L. Stewart

Cherish it in your heart of hearts, and live so each day that when the end of your mortal lives shall come, you may be counted worthy to go where Joseph, Brigham and John have gone, and mingle with that glorious throng whose robes have been washed white in the blood of the Lamb.
— from The Life of John Taylor Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

but I shall now grow very happy, and learn something every day, and be pleased with being instructed, and that I shall always love those who are so good as to instruct me.’
— from The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding

It was apparent to Tom that the two men, [Pg 271] driven half insane by their long hunt, had taken for granted when they came across the spot in which they were now encamped, that they had at last struck El Dorado.
— from The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon by John Henry Goldfrap

The eastern front of the Byward Tower has a quaint, old-world appearance, and has altered little since Elizabethan days.
— from The Tower of London by Arthur Poyser

Their Ma stood waitin’ in the door twistin’ the end of her apron like she ever did when she was warned.
— from Blue Ridge Country by Jean Thomas