While she was speaking her husband had taken Nat's right hand and pressed it silently.
— from A Roving Commission; Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The Cid planted his banner on the Alcazar, which was the name given to all royal houses and palaces in Spain.
— from The Boy's Book of Heroes by Helena Peake

Students of science, who agree that faith and repentance have a place in science, frequently assert that the equivalent of baptism is not found in external nature.
— from Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by John Andreas Widtsoe

He began to surmise that Ralph had a purpose in so summarily deserting his post, and that the anticipated "turning of the tables" was not destined to materialize.
— from Ralph of the Roundhouse; Or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man by Allen Chapman

Fortunately this was not difficult, for the tracks of a running horse are plain in soft ground.
— from Heart of the Sunset by Rex Beach

"And if I really hated a person I should never get to like him, even if he had a bad reputation."
— from The Limit by Ada Leverson