He is entirely representative of seventeenth-century Christianity; in a sense he is all men of Bunyan's time and Bunyan's religion; but he is also one man and one only, and we could never in our thought confuse him with any other character in or out of fiction.
— from Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Her hair is either red, or she has no objection to its being thought so, and had used red powder.
— from Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters by Horace Walpole

“Fail to be ready at the appointed time, and keep him waiting until he is either raging or sullen; cudgel or dragoon the children until their tempers are well on edge.
— from How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington

The heroine has, in all situations, an abundant store of money, jewels, and clothes, supplied no one knows when, how, or by whom; and these, with her musical instruments, drawing materials, &c. accompany her into every reverse of situation, in a manner perfectly incomprehensible, but highly amusing and edifying.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various