It was quite impossible to describe the confused medley of bangs and rattles and muffled shrieks and yowls that proceeded from the kitchen, accompanied by occasional crashes.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

My reasons are most strong; and you shall know them When back again this ring shall be deliver'd.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

There were pictures of other artists whom the recondite would have recognized as "movie" stars, amazing yet veridic stories of whose wealth Lise read in the daily press: all possessed limousines—an infallible proof, to Lise, of the measure of artistic greatness.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

I read a man, sir, as you would read a book."
— from A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake

There were pictures of other artists whom the recondite would have recognized as “movie” stars, amazing yet veridic stories of whose wealth Lise read in the daily press: all possessed limousines—an infallible proof, to Lise, of the measure of artistic greatness.
— from The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete by Winston Churchill

And, "Please your honors," said he, "I 'm able, By means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep or swim or fly or run, After me so as you never saw!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

Now will I charge you in the band of truth, When you haue conquer'd my yet maiden-bed, Remaine there but an houre, nor speake to mee: My reasons are most strong, and you shall know them, When backe againe this Ring shall be deliuer'd: And on your finger in the night, Ile put Another Ring, that what in time proceeds, May token to the future, our past deeds.
— from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

And, "Please your honors," said he, "I'm able, By means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep or swim or fly or run, After me so as you never saw!
— from Browning's Shorter Poems by Robert Browning

He advanced to the council-table: And, "Please your honors," said he, "I'm able, By means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep, or swim, or fly, or run, After me so as you never saw.
— from Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 by Charles Wesley Emerson

One shell had dropped squarely in the road and made such a yawning gap that it was necessary for each vehicle to go around the aperture.
— from The Boy Scouts Afoot in France; or, With the Red Cross Corps at the Marne by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917