So does the black cloud of war sometimes have its silver lining of permanent achievement.
— from With the Doughboy in France: A Few Chapters of an American Effort by Edward Hungerford

His conception, that every economic period of development has its special law of population, will prove true under the rule of Socialism.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel

Basha's high, inexpressibly sweet laughter of pure glee filled the room—"so I thes up'n handed over my two hun'erd."
— from Joy in the Morning by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

she'd want to have it —" she leaned over, pushed the thick fair hair aside, and laid her finger upon a very whimsy of a curl, shorter, paler, fairer than the others, just above the little right ear.
— from Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler

The post was a strong one, and the Eleuths fought stubbornly, but they were too greatly outnumbered, and in the end were put to flight, after having inflicted severe loss on [Pg 294] their foes, an uncle of the emperor being among the slain.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 12 (of 15), Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris