Any one who in that hard time had spoken a few kindly words to Eden—any one who would have taken him gently for a short while by the hand, and helped him over the stony places that hurt his unaccustomed feet—any one who would have suffered, or who would have invited him, to pour his sorrows into their ears and assist him to sustain them—might have won, even at that slight cost, the deepest and most passionate love of that trembling young heart.
— from St. Winifred's; or, The World of School by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

The mildness of the winter makes it a popular resort for invalids, and many greenhouse plants live outdoors throughout the year, the almost perpendicular rocks of the Undercliff absorbing during the day the heat that they radiate throughout the night.
— from England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook

For if you were flying from people looking out to take you, you were not the goods we were after—for we were looking for people that were coming to take us.
— from The King's Highway by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Miss Martyn did not answer in words, only bowed her head, and he continued, with a glance at the paper lying on the table: "You once received what you considered a very impertinent letter from me?"
— from The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Various

The painful lesson of the Ten Years' War was entirely lost on Spain.
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White