He recalled his old dreams of saving her from Van Degenism—it was not thus that he had imagined the rescue.
— from The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

When the reaction came she drew back dismayed at having lost her self-control, and as she wiped away her tears and hastily regained her ordinary dignity of spirit, exclaimed, "It isn't that.
— from The Undercurrent by Robert Grant

In that high moment of romance, when young love had burst upon him like spring, Vernon retained his odd discipline of soul.
— from The Watcher by the Threshold by John Buchan

"I never read, heard or dreamed of such treatment!" declared the warm-hearted boy.
— from Ralph of the Roundhouse; Or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man by Allen Chapman

Yet he dreamed of returning home one day, of seeing his loved ones again—if only for a few brief hours.
— from Blackthorn Farm by Arthur Applin

The Arnauds reminded him of dear old Schulz with his pure, disinterested love of art, his forgetfulness of self, his devotion to beauty.
— from Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Romain Rolland