" "And is Miriam killing the fatted calf?" "His arrival seems to embarrass rather than delight her." "Depend upon it, the fellow has come to propose a convenient division of her personal property.
— from The Emancipated by George Gissing

Refugees who have arrived since the engagement report the enemy’s loss as greater than mentioned in my first report.
— from The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity by William Wells Brown

Returning to the residence of the Fairy Queen, King Müh had a stone tablet engraved recording the event, and erected it in the Queen’s magic garden.
— from Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould

[178] and Miss Harriet in chorus, as a tall, thin woman, with gray hair and sharp, twinkling eyes rose to meet them; "Sally Atwater, for the land's sake!
— from In League with Israel: A Tale of the Chattanooga Conference by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

An old lady in a helmet, and other things considered no doubt by her as suited to Egypt rather than to herself, remarked in
— from The Spell of Egypt by Robert Hichens