Unto the heart the voice of this one saith Ideals, its emotions live among; Unto the mind the other speaks a tongue Of visions, where the guess,—men christen Faith,— May face the fact of immortality— As may a rose its unembodied scent, Or star its own reflected radiance.
— from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 3 (of 5) Nature poems by Madison Julius Cawein

Arthur murmured the first commonplace that he could think of at the moment, and relapsed into uncomfortable silence.
— from The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich

The visitor is regular in his calls at the cell of the convict, and follows his own plan of moral and religious instruction, usually successful in proportion to the assiduity of the instructor, and the time in which he exercises his office of benevolence towards the inmates of the cell.
— from The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy (New Series, No. 3, January 1864) by Pennsylvania Prison Society

An author who was making many expensive alterations in proof was requested to revise his matter in manuscript, and returned it unchanged, saying that he could find nothing wrong in it.
— from Proof-Reading A Series of Essays for Readers and Their Employers, and for Authors and Editors by F. Horace (Francis Horace) Teall

" In reply Sieyès used the terms "monarchy" and "republic" in unusual senses.
— from The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 1. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway

Unfortunately the vine is difficult to grow, being adapted to but few soils and proving unfruitful, weak in growth, precariously tender and subject to mildew and rot in unfavorable situations.
— from Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

And then, watching his opportunity, he runs in on me and overpowers me and roaches it up some more.
— from Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb