'When your mother is in my mind, everything else goes out of it.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

take on faith, take as a given; assume (supposition) 514. pervert, quibble; equivocate, mystify, evade, elude; gloss over, varnish; misteach &c. 538[obs3]; mislead &c. (error) 495; cavil, refine, subtilize[obs3], split hairs; misrepresent &c. (lie) 544.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

'Oh, Wilkins always takes the middle of the road, and makes everyone else get out of the way,' said Phyllis calmly.
— from A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

The entire Lambert family, by no means excluding either Granny or the twins was packed into the big three-seated sleigh.
— from Jane Lends A Hand by Shirley Watkins

That would mean, according to my experience, either gambling or a bad case of extravagance and debt.
— from Making the Nine by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley

Then, too, the ballroom in its desirable form is only for the rich, while the poor may enjoy everything good of the great out-of-doors.
— from Living the Radiant Life: A Personal Narrative by George Wharton James

Wherever the ribs and beams are simply and unaffectedly arranged, there is no difficulty about decoration; the beams may be carved, the ribs moulded, and the eye is satisfied at once; but when the vaulting is unribbed, as in plain waggon vaults and much excellent early Gothic, or when the ceiling is flat, it becomes a difficult question how far their services may receive ornamentation independent of their structure.
— from The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ruskin

"Most Englishmen either grunt or bray when they get on to their legs to m-m-make a speech."
— from Brothers: The True History of a Fight Against Odds by Horace Annesley Vachell

Night and day, with uncomplaining patience, he was at his post of duty, attending strictly to the pressing needs of the nation, punctiliously meeting every engagement, great or small.
— from Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Tumulty

" Whereupon Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. Elmendorf exchanged glances of commiseration.
— from A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King

Perhaps Jerome, had he been given a voice in the matter, as the party most interested, might have strenuously objected—baths he liked, indeed, was very partial to, in their proper season, but to be thus unceremoniously tumbled from the deck of a steamer into the briny deep, with his most elaborate evening garments on his person was really too much of a good thing, and he must have protested earnestly could he but have found wind with which to clothe his argument.
— from Miss Fairfax of Virginia: A Romance of Love and Adventure Under the Palmettos by St. George Rathborne