Meantime the victor bee is receiving royal honors and performing the one royal function—laying eggs.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

“He seems disposed to trade upon his secret, and has already proposed terms of ransom to me.
— from The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray

Then four of their number stepped forward to us, and one made gestures with a hairy arm, pointing to our rear.
— from Under the Andes by Rex Stout

But as we emerged we noticed that the light had a peculiar tinge of red, quite different from its usual tone.
— from Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World by James Cowan

More and more, then, the various divines insisting on the exclusive possession of the only remedy for sin reminded me of these eminent sarsaparilla-makers,—each declaring his own concoction genuine and all others spurious, each glorifying himself as possessing the original recipe and denouncing his rivals as pretenders.
— from Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

My hand and pen their offices refuse, And hoarse and hoarser grows the weary muse.
— from Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce

—The white sepals and petals have a palest tinge of rose.
— from The Woodlands Orchids, Described and Illustrated With Stories of Orchid-Collecting by Frederick Boyle

Now the broad shield complete, the artist crowned With his last hand, and poured the ocean round:
— from How to Master the Spoken Word Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public Speaking by Edwin Gordon Lawrence

It was extreme in Jerusalem; but it had a pathetic tone of resignation in Damascus; hope was dead within him.
— from In the Levant Twenty Fifth Impression by Charles Dudley Warner

old scene of beginnings Humble enough some dozen years back, Gather to-day's rich harvest of winnings, Sprung of that sowing in Memory's track; Reap your revenges in honour and pleasure;— Thousands of riflemen arm'd to the teeth— Crowds by ten thousands, in holiday leisure, Throng the wild beauties of Surrey Blackheath!
— from My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper

A historical and practical treatise on railroads and remedies for their abuses.
— from Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date by W. I. (William I.) Hood