Laymen have no power in church government that is theirs of right, and they in no manner take the place of or represent even the inferior clergy.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

“They start and turn pale or red every time I cough or speak in my sleep; and even when they pretend not to notice, I know they are watching me all the time.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various

My dear, I must leave you, that is my only regret, except that I could not restore my king to the throne; I leave you in the midst of a civil war, that is what afflicts me.
— from A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

We appreciate the art involved in the making of the first lock and key only as we look beyond the merely practical usefulness of the device and so apprehend the harmony of relations effected through its construction.
— from The Gate of Appreciation: Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Carleton Eldredge Noyes

Butterfly can't get out of room, every time it comes out to have a try, rush and scurry.
— from Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Here, then, was a kind of prologue to another drama:—just before they were prisoners in a foreign land, and on the verge of being brought out to a public and ignominious execution; now they were being carried, or rather escorted, though in captive guise, by those destined, ere long, to be their subjects.
— from The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius Comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the loves of Clitopho and Leucippe by of Emesa Heliodorus