present:—but I'll curb my rage; Allow me to proceed, and you engage To hear the rest:—he word has also sent, That as to-day he knew my husband went On business to his cottage in the wood, Where he would sleep the night, he understood, No sooner should the servants be in bed, And Morpheus' robe be o'er their senses spread, But to my dressing room he would repair:— What can he hope, such project to declare?
— from Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by Jean de La Fontaine

If one had examined closely, the promotion of his church's views would have been found to bear a very small and insignificant share in any of his proceedings; and yet, even to himself, he affected to believe it to be the great, the sole, the overpowering object of his endeavours.
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Our limited space will not allow of our going more fully into the details of painting; but we hope that these directions will give some idea of how to make a beginning as a painter in oil-colors, and after you have made a start you will find two good professors at your elbow to help you along and encourage you—Prof. Judgment and Prof. Experience.
— from How to Amuse Youself and Others: The American Girl's Handy Book by Lina Beard

How did you climb to the spot where people watched a clock for your program and you earned two hundred dollars a week?
— from You're on the Air by William Heyliger

Nobody knew anything about his Page 10 [Pg 10] people and yet everybody trusted him, indeed no man in the Army had been in receipt of more confidences.
— from The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White