"So that your malade imaginaire could have a little sheltered nook to enjoy forty winks in out of the wind?"
— from Scandal: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton

Its motto is, "Cry havoc, and let loose the performing dogs of war."
— from The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

"And maybe I could help a little," said another that he knew to be Happy Tom's.
— from The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

It took the shape of a man in conical hat and long Mexican serape.
— from The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

His talk had produced a singular effect upon Ludwig, who made inquiries concerning him, and learnt that it was Mozart himself, the great master, who had conversed with him, and expressed his obligation to him.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

For the past year or two Judge Hanna, formerly of Chicago, has filled the office of pastor to the church in this city, which held its meetings in Chickering Hall, and later in Copley Hall, in the new Grundmann Studio Building on Copley Square.
— from Pulpit and Press by Mary Baker Eddy

The quiet, modest, melancholy air of Ella, had, one time with another, since her first appearance in the Station, attracted the attention, and won the regard of its inmates; most of whom had made inquiries concerning her, and learned the cause of her sadness; and now, as she gained the crowd, each gazed upon her with a look of respect; and at once moving aside to let her pass, she presently stood the central attraction of an excited multitude, of both sexes, all ages and sizes.
— from Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life by Emerson Bennett

Louise had been in Ernestine’s service three weeks, when her mistress said to her one morning: “Mamma is coming home at last!
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock

"Ah!" said the man, "I can hear a leaf fall to the ground a block away."
— from In Story-land by Elizabeth Harrison