He's just a big baby, and sometimes a rather annoying one." "Oh, I won't mind him.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

For which of us forgets The Indian cabinets, The bones of antelope, the wings of albatross, The pied and painted birds and beans, The junks and bangles, beads and screens, The gods and sacred bells, And the loud-humming, twisted shells?
— from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Because he topp'd all other fellows In beauty, Prestus would be jealous; And, being but a sort of Turk, He kept this younker hard at work.
— from A Burlesque Translation of Homer by Bridges, Thomas, active 1759-1775

"I like your Mr. Judson, awfully, Blue Bonnet," Annabel said, as she polished her nails vigorously.
— from Blue Bonnet in Boston; or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Lela Horn Richards

Become an Austrian just as Brutus became a servant of the kings; become an Austrian in order to save Germany!”
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

When he rebuilt Victoire it would not be just another blockhouse, but a stone mansion that could be seen from the river.
— from Shaman by Robert Shea

They were a motley host, armed for the most part with slings, javelins, and bows, but admirably suited for the work which was to be done.
— from Stories from Thucydides by Thucydides

For which of us forgets The Indian cabinets, The bones of antelope, the wings of albatross, The pied and painted birds and beans, The junks and bangles, beads and screens, The gods and sacred bells, And the loud-humming, twisted shells!
— from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson