The Summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Loch Katrine blue; Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kissed the lake, just stirred the trees, And the pleased lake, like maiden coy, Trembled but dimpled not for joy The mountain-shadows on her breast Were neither broken nor at rest; In bright uncertainty they lie, Like future joys to Fancy's eye.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

There was no conceit or over confidence in the tone, though of course the poor child little knew what she was ready to accept; but it was a spark of the martyr’s trust that gleamed in her eye, and gave her a sense of exaltation that took off the sharpest edge of grief and fear.
— from A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

A sudden acuteness of vision, or a chance thinning of the fog at that point, enabled him to see the man's face, and he recognized the French partisan, Charles Langlade, known also to the Indians as the Owl, who, with his wife, the Dove, had once held him in a captivity by no means unkind.
— from The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

In the war of 1877, considerable Russian and Rumanian armies fought under a single commander who was, for a considerable period, Prince Charles (later King) of Rumania.
— from New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 by Various

They are owned by the Richardson Garage, of Pasadena, Calif., long known to the exacting population of that city as a thoroughly reliable, prompt and efficient house.
— from The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by George Wharton James

The sheik of the passing caravan looked keenly at the tent, smiled grimly and passed on.
— from The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath

Coda 370 Index 373 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Clara Louise Kellogg Strakosch Frontispiece Lydia Atwood 2 Maternal Grandmother of Clara Louise Kellogg Charles Atwood 4 Maternal Grandfather of Clara Louise Kellogg From a Daguerreotype George Kellogg 10 Father of Clara Louise Kellogg From a photograph by Gurney & Son Clara Louise Kellogg, Aged Three 12 From a photograph by Black & Case Clara Louise Kellogg, Aged Seven 14 From a photograph by Black & Case Clara Louise Kellogg as a Girl 20 From a photograph by Sarony Clara Louise Kellogg as a Young Lady 28 From a photograph by Black & Case Brignoli, 1865 42 From a photograph by C. Silvy James Russell Lowell, in 1861 46 From a photograph by Brady Charlotte Cushman, 1861 52 From a photograph by Silabee, Case & Co. Clara Louise Kellogg as Figlia 56 From a photograph by Black & Case General Horace Porter 58 From a photograph by Pach Bros.
— from Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg

So he come up the steps and set down in a piazza chair like King Edward perching on his throne.
— from Cape Cod Stories by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

"Pshaw!" cried Lady Katrine.
— from Darnley; or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Then recalling the sweet face, her delicate, gracious manner, the pretty tone of her voice, and in particular certain little kind words she had given me, with an encouraging look now and again, her brave habit of looking on the better side of our misfortunes to cheer me up, the dainty movement of her hands, and one or two little episodes wherein she had shown a pleasant wit—recalling these things, I say, and reflecting that they could never, never be repeated, my heart was wrung with bitter grief.
— from The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print by Frank Barrett