Chastity was ostensibly cultivated by both sexes; but it was more a name than a reality.
— from Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

Whenever I mention a name that all Russia knows, you make the same lame show and ask, Who's he?
— from By Right of Sword by Arthur W. Marchmont

Mendes, a neighboring town, also revolted.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

She had only just left school, which was one of the highest class, where all the modern accomplishments necessary to a refined education had been thoroughly taught her; and as she had moved always in good society, her manners had acquired that easy grace and polish which can scarcely be obtained under other circumstances.
— from Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands by Marianne Farningham

I have heard much of the violent tempests, occasioned by the breaking up of the monsoons; are not they also regular trade-winds?
— from Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet

"Your son brought me a note this afternoon, requesting me to call.
— from Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

The whole affair seemed more a nightmare than a reality.
— from Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" by Randall Parrish

She had contemplated writing a novel of which the scene should be laid at Hong-Kong,—a novel of a more ambitious nature than 'A Romance of Summer Seas.'
— from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 by Mississippi Historical Society