But at the end of half an hour he had arrived safely at Spotville Point, and now his only difficulty lay in not giving away the fact that he did not know where Denning’s house was.
— from The Mercer Boys at Woodcrest by Capwell Wyckoff

Surely our darling Lily is not gone from us forever!"
— from The Bride of the Tomb, and Queenie's Terrible Secret by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Fortunately, a long series of daily lectures, involving no great intellectual effort, proved that mere talking was not necessarily hurtful.
— from Extempore Speech: How to Acquire and Practice It by William Pittenger