"And," he added, "rubies is pretty high nowadays.
— from The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass

He had a presentiment that his blood would be shed for the cause of Christ, yet he accepted duty at every hazard, and rejoiced in privileges however perilous.
— from Sketches of the Covenanters by J. C. (James Calvin) McFeeters

The Bonnet lifted Mr. Chops upon a chair to shake hands with him, and replied in poetry, his eyes seemingly full of tears: My boat is on the shore,
— from The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

Perhaps the young woman loved him all the more for seeing him at rare intervals, perhaps he had disregarded her entreaties, feeling an irresistible desire for a life of adventure.
— from The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola

Himself thoroughly original, he had no taste for what was ordinary: a racy, rough character, high or low, ever found acceptance with him; a refined, insipid personage, however exalted in station, was his aversion.
— from Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

She had startled and discomposed him several times in the course of their brief acquaintance; and he always resented it, priding himself in private, as he did, upon his coolness and immobility.
— from A Fair Barbarian by Frances Hodgson Burnett

If we had a republican idealist pitting his strength against a tyrant and going down in the battle, either because of his adversary's superior strength or because of some weakness in his own character, that would be a tragedy of republicanism.
— from The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

On the contrary, he was anxious to support in his new remove the prestige of having been head-boy; and as he still continued under Mr Gordon, he really wished to turn over a new leaf in his conduct towards him, and recover, if possible, his lost esteem.
— from Eric, or Little by Little by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar