23 He had gone before To hold the leaves for her to pass, and softly She came, and like a golden butterfly
— from The Rose of Dawn: A Tale of the South Sea by Helen Hay Whitney

She was purchased by private parties, and set sail, carrying a large stock of coal and provisions, but no arms.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

This marble {49} takes an extraordinarily high polish, and presents a surface so clean and lustrous as to be almost shocking in its contrast to our dingy London atmosphere, and buildings begrimed with dirt and soot.
— from The Inns of Court by Cecil Headlam

Boo—hoo—” “And supposing a rich old lady came one day—very, very rich, Robbie—with houses, and gardens, and carriages, and horses, and ponies—beautiful little, long-tailed ponies, and she said, ‘Come and live with me, Robbie, and be my own little boy?’
— from A Girl in Spring-Time by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.