The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds, searching into their hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicity and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But, good sir, no divinity in your conference, For fear of putting her in rage.— MAM.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

5, 12, 35, no poetry have I ready made .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

And for that Dame Marye Mathew daughter and heyre of Thomas Mathew of Colchester in the counte of Essex esquire hath longe contynued in nobylyte she and her auncestors bearinge armes, yet she notwithstandinge being ignorant of the same and ffor the advoydinge of all inconvenyences and troubles that dayleye happeneth in suche cases and not wyllinge to preiudyce anye person hath instantlye requyred me The sayde Clarencieux kinge of armes accordinge to my registers and recordes To assigne and sett forthe ffor her and
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

His attitude at this time recalls a suggestion of his own in "Sights from a Steeple": "The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds, searching into their hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicity, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself."
— from A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop

Pomtow, H., in Rheinisches Museum , N.F., li.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

“Perhaps he is,” retorted Miguel, “and isn’t that just the way of it always?
— from Diego Pinzon and the Fearful Voyage He Took Into the Unknown Ocean A.D. 1492 by John Russell Coryell

They paid him in ready money, and he cannot ask payment from posterity in fame.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

" In the first picture he is represented making his toilet before the mirror, his wig spread out on the table; in the second, dining with two friends; in the third, being abused by his housekeeper; in the fourth, on his death-bed, surrounded by greedy relations; and in the fifth, the servants ransacking the death-chamber for the property.
— from Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

“Roddy,” repeated Penrod, “honest, is Rena Magsworth some relation of yours?”
— from Penrod by Booth Tarkington

To better purpose have I read my books!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

Presently, however, I recovered my temper.
— from The House of Martha by Frank Richard Stockton

Besides her regular studies Massart advised Camilla to join a quartette in order to perfect herself in reading music at sight.
— from Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Charles Barnard