He has nothing to match a certain refrain of Newman’s, in what he calls his ‘ecclesiastical carol,’ — ‘For scantness is still Heaven’s might.’
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney

We were entering the region of the hills, between the Aisne and the Meuse, a country reminiscent of New England.
— from They Shall Not Pass by Frank H. (Frank Herbert) Simonds

CHAPTER VII The tea that followed was but a blurred memory, a confused recollection of noise and chatter, with a stab at the heart every time the actor's name was mentioned.
— from Infatuation by Lloyd Osbourne

Sir Matthew had spoken hopefully to her, but she feared to fasten hopes on what might have no meaning, and could rely on nothing, till she had seen her father, who never kept back his genuine opinion, and would least of all from her.
— from The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The military and civic reforms of Nicholas I, he celebrated in an ode, in which he applied the enthusiastic praise "Henceforth Israel will see only good!"
— from The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz

The town population are merchants and craftsmen, rarely or never nobles or magnates.
— from English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by James Anthony Froude