The lady in black, the boy's mamma, laughed and blushed, and looked exceedingly pleased and shy as the dinner went on, and at the various feats and instances of espieglerie on the part of her son.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

He shrugged and laid the thought aside as a slim, dark-haired Lani entered pushing a service cart ahead of her.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

We had had a glimpse, from a mountain top, of the Dead Sea, lying like a blue shield in the plain of the Jordan, and now we were marching down a close, flaming, rugged, desolate defile, where no living creature could enjoy life, except, perhaps, a salamander.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Personnellement je suis de plus en plus inondé de paperasses: - avec l'e-mail, les collègues n'hésitent plus à envoyer de gros fichiers qu'il faut ensuite imprimer pour lecture; - la lecture est plus agréable sur papier; - les fichiers reçus peuvent n'être que des projets et on peut recevoir "n" épreuves successives que l'on imprime nécessairement; - on imprime les mèls pour les lire tranquillement plus tard ou parce que c'est plus agréable de les lire sur papier.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The possession, even of such farmers, however, was long extremely precarious, and still is so in many parts of Europe.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He soon appeared in his low, easy phaeton; and she joined him with the presentiment that there might be even greater gladness in his face by evening than it now expressed.
— from Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe

Jacobs, J. L. Bushnell, Hal, M. F. Krum, Fannie Hartwell, M. E. Farrell, Hebe, Tom, C. S. W., D. Brookmire, Vinnie J., S. F. Rupert, Sol, C. L. McL., Gid, A. J. D., Marvin Burt, Charles D. Rhodes, Theresa Morro, Toots, Frank Ostrandes, Matilda R. Bowie, Jennie Stille, E. W. L., V. L. Seche, Alfred Hossler, Robert Andrews, Jun., C. L. Hooper, Dudley Willinnes, George Oakley, Rosa Kent Gregory, Jun., M. E. B., S. McL., John McK. Burno, Charles N. Hoar, F. Uhlenhaut, C. W. P., Mark Manley, Eddie S. Hequembourg, Goldie Williams, H. W. Smith, Donna Aline, Eva Prichard, John White, Myrtle Lake, Fredy Leser, Edwin Preston, A. S., W. S., E. S., F. B., Mary Green, J. N. Howe, O. A. Mueller, E. J. B., Walter Plumb, Pet Bowman, Nattie L. Francis, Charley B. Hall, Katie Hall, R. L. Hall, Jun., H. L. Easton, Bessie Linn, Georgie Linn, Eliza B. Bartlett, Harry R. Bartlett, John H. Bartlett, Jun., Eddie Bartlett, William O. Brackett, Pearl Hare.
— from Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Therefore let each patriot and sage, each reformer and teacher be patient.
— from The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis

The pleasure grounds of Llangorren, erst private and sacred as the Garden of the Hesperides, are now trampled by heavy, hobnailed shoes; while men in smocks, slops, and sheepskin gaiters, stride excitedly to and fro, or stand in groups, all wearing the same expression on their features—that of a sincere, honest anxiety, with a fear some sinister mischance has overtaken Miss Wynn.
— from Gwen Wynn: A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

Mrs. Caroline Sturgis Tappan, a brilliant Boston lady, equally poetic and sensible, owned a small red cottage there, which she was ready to lease to Hawthorne for a nominal rent.
— from The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns

In the beginning, as I have stated, a fee of five dollars was charged to patrons; somewhat later, it is my recollection, a legislative enactment permitted a small addition to the tax-rate for the partial support of this worthy enterprise, and this municipal assistance enabled the directors to carry the 514 work along even though the annual membership fee was reduced to four dollars, payable quarterly.
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark

A democracy, like every political and social group, is composed of individuals, and must be organized for the benefit of its constituent members.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

The angel, holding the Urim and Thummim, is in the act of delivering it unto Joseph, and while doing so charges him as follows: “Now you have got the record into your own hands, and you are but a young man: therefore, you will have to be watchful and faithful to your trust, or you will be overpowered by wicked men; for they will lay every plan and scheme possible to get it away from you; and if you do not take heed continually, they
— from Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon by Edward Stevenson