"No money could repay all your kindness and help.
— from The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. Marchmont

The predominating colors in a modern Chinese rug are yellow, blue, white, and fawn, and these are arranged very effectively.
— from Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Rosa Belle Holt

In the course of conversation the subject of "ghosts" came up, apropos of which Mrs. C—— remarked: "As you know, these houses are exceedingly old, being actually part of the ancient Norman monastery adapted to modern use.
— from Stranger Than Fiction: Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Mary L. Lewes

But to incrase this antiquity by saying But to increase this antiquity by saying Lions and monkys, hippopotami and crocodiles, Lions and monkeys, hippopotami and crocodiles, and rhinoceroces, now live beneath the palms, and rhinoceroses, now live beneath the palms, scientists who can elaborate geneological trees of descent scientists who can elaborate genealogical trees of descent have taken for these excedingly numerous have taken for these exceedingly numerous the Pleistocene Mammals and the middle Tertiary flora the Pleistocene mammals and the middle Tertiary flora literature is fairly innundated with new names; literature is fairly inundated with new names; a noted paiaeontologist for finding a pupa a noted palaeontologist for finding a pupa the theories of the igenous origin of the crystalline rocks the theories of the igneous origin of the crystalline rocks went to school toegther, served in the same wars, went to school together, served in the same wars, or are now to be found iiving in our modern world or are now to be found living in our modern world e.g. gratolites and numulites e.g. gratolites and nummulites these Davonian and other rocks are absolutely these Devonian and other rocks are absolutely it cannot save the Alps, Juras and Appenines it cannot save the Alps, Juras and Appennines without leaving abundant and indellible marks without leaving abundant and indelible marks which it can no more see again than a can can recall which it can no more see again than a man can recall and yet refuse the evidently complemntary dposits and yet refuse the evidently complementary deposits pages of the ordinary text-boks.
— from Illogical Geology, the Weakest Point in the Evolution Theory by George McCready Price

It was a most austere Shylock, inveterate of purpose, vindictive, malignant, cruel, ruthless; and yet it was human.
— from Shadows of the Stage by William Winter

When you drive with me, you may 'catch rides' all you please."
— from Peter and Polly in Winter by Rose Lucia

"A name of much less mark: Christopher Rudd, at your service."
— from A Gentleman-at-Arms: Being Passages in the Life of Sir Christopher Rudd, Knight by Herbert Strang

“Yes, I am his ghost,” my companion replied, ”and yet I have no right to be.
— from Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 by Various