“Yes,” said the professor meditatively; “a log hut on the rocks and under the trees, with the lake in front, would be very nice if the hut had a good library attached.”
— from In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr

Cheerful fires were kindled in many a luxurious home of the rich, and "Happy New Year" was echoed from lip to lip, as if on that day there were no aching hearts—no garrets where the biting cold looked in on pinching poverty and suffering old age—no low, dark room where Dora and her pale, dead mother lay, while over them the angels kept their tireless watch until human aid should come.
— from Dora Deane; Or, The East India Uncle by Mary Jane Holmes

The men again laid hold of the rope and tugged with might and main to get nearer the wreck, but the storm mocked their efforts.
— from Stories of the Lifeboat by Frank Mundell