But is it not incomprehensible that Royalty did not follow the advice indirectly given by Louis XI.
— from Catherine De Medici by Honoré de Balzac

Their most trusted leaders suggested that they would yet achieve their ends without violence, while the large majority of the Volunteers themselves were still as loyal to the Crown as the Catholics, and were inclined, therefore, to shrink from action which, although in itself not in the remotest degree connected with dynastic questions, involved a theoretical conflict with the Crown, and perhaps an actual collision with Royal troops.
— from The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers

[Pg 250] of the hotel bill, an inexplicable noise in the room, during which the plaster of the ceiling fell on his head, roused his suspicions.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

“Well, she is now in the Rue de la Ville l’Eveque, in a fine house, given to her, they say, by the Duc d’Herouville,” replied the man in a whisper.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

"In the rose dusk of the drawn curtains, he stood beside it" Now, in the rose dusk of the drawn curtains, he stood beside it, not touching it—never dreaming of touching it without permission, any more than he would have touched his wife.
— from The Business of Life by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"Well, she is now in the Rue de la Ville l'Eveque, in a fine house, given to her, they say, by the Duc d'Herouville," replied the man in a whisper.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

It is indeed not in the remotest degree as a rhetorician that he arrests us in these unique tales.
— from Suspended Judgments: Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys