Kitty had a new slate, and Midget and King had new blankbooks.
— from Marjorie's Busy Days by Carolyn Wells

15 is rendered, in the version of 1611, as in previous versions: “And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him,” and no small amount of ingenuity has been wasted in the endeavour to decide what this supposed [Pg 63] mark upon the body of Cain might be.
— from Lectures on Bible Revision by Samuel Newth

That is exactly what we do not know here, and never shall, and never can know.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren

When his term expires, the authorities have no power to keep him and naturally such a man would bitterly resent the lengthening of his term; and yet he may be far too ill to undertake work and in just the condition when kindness and care would mean everything to both present and future.
— from After Prison--What? by Maud Ballington Booth

No, come back-- ( kissing her ) and now-- ( smiling at her ) go dear, go!
— from The Joy of Living (Es lebe das Leben): A Play in Five Acts by Hermann Sudermann

At his best, his lyrics written in the minor key have a noble, solemn adagio movement.
— from The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by William Lyon Phelps

Hearing of Mr. Place's violence, I endeavoured to ascertain the cause of his vindictive expressions, and my astonishment was very great, when Mr. Miller informed me, that the said Francis Place had undertaken to head one part of the procession, but that, when the day came, the said tailor neither kept his appointment nor sent any excuse for his absence.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt