This diary was most interesting reading, as it noted each day their observations of our doings, and the conclusions they drew from them.
— from The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by W. C. C. Weetman

The present bare uninteresting appearance of the ground round about is now entirely different from what it then was.
— from Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardens by Ernest Law

I will not deny, Lord Fulmer, that this was painful news to me; but, I knew it was an ill without remedy; and I never even dreamed, from that moment, of seeking to win one thought of the lady, from her promised--her affianced husband.
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

I do not speak of the French Republic, for the Republic as it now exists does not seem to me to be French, and France, as I have found it, is certainly not Republican.
— from France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert