Father and sons, we are told by one who afterwards knew the family at Lochlea, used to sit at their meals with books in their hands; and the poet says that one book in particular, A Select Collection of English Songs , was his vade mecum .
— from Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun

Poised in the very attitude of preparation, a sudden change of expression showed in her still eyes, or rather an arrestment of expression; the features remained fixed and immovable, while the brain worked.
— from What a Man Wills by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.